Sarcopenia Prevalence and Risk Factors among Residents in Aged Care

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dc.citation.issue9
dc.citation.volume14
dc.contributor.authorDarroch P
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien WJ
dc.contributor.authorMazahery H
dc.contributor.authorWham C
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-22T22:48:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T01:41:45Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28
dc.date.available2023-08-22T22:48:25Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T01:41:45Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-01
dc.date.updated2023-08-22T22:29:34Z
dc.descriptionCopyright: © 2022 by the authors.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia and associated risk factors among older adults living in three residential aged care (RAC) facilities within Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 91 older adults (63% women, mean age ± SD; 86.0 ± 8.3 years) were recruited. Using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People criteria, sarcopenia was diagnosed from the assessment of: appendicular skeletal muscle mass/height2, using an InBody S10 body composition analyser and a SECA portable stadiometer or ulna length to estimate standing height; grip strength using a JAMAR handheld dynamometer; and physical performance with a 2.4-m gait speed test. Malnutrition risk was assessed using the Mini Nutrition Assessment–Short Form (MNA-SF). Most (83%) of residents were malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, and 41% were sarcopenic. Multivariate regression analysis showed lower body mass index (Odds Ratio (OR) = 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7, ρ = 0.003) and lower MNA-SF score (OR = 1.6, 95% CI: 1.0, 2.4, ρ = 0.047) were predictive of sarcopenia after controlling for age, level of care, depression, and number of medications. Findings highlight the need for regular malnutrition screening in RAC to prevent the development of sarcopenia, where low weight or unintentional weight loss should prompt sarcopenia screening and assessment.
dc.format.extent1837-
dc.identifiernu14091837
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35565805
dc.identifier.citationDarroch P, O'Brien WJ, Mazahery H, Wham C. (2022). Sarcopenia Prevalence and Risk Factors among Residents in Aged Care.. Nutrients. 14. 9. (pp. 1837-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu14091837
dc.identifier.eissn2072-6643
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/20012
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.relation.isPartOfNutrients
dc.rightsCC BYen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectEWGSOP
dc.subjectaged care
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectsarcopenia
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectGeriatric Assessment
dc.subjectHand Strength
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMalnutrition
dc.subjectPrevalence
dc.subjectRisk Factors
dc.subjectSarcopenia
dc.subjectWeight Loss
dc.titleSarcopenia Prevalence and Risk Factors among Residents in Aged Care
dc.typeJournal article
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