[en] Objective: To investigate the relationship between frailty and sarcopenia, by evaluating the prevalence of sarcopenia
among frail, pre-frail and robust elderly nursing home residents in Belgium. Methods: This is an analysis of baseline data
collected from the SENIOR (Sample of Elderly Nursing home Individuals: an Observational Research) cohort. All subjects
received a sarcopenia evaluation, based on the definition proposed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in
Older People (EWGSOP). The frailty evaluation was primarily based on FRIED’s definition but also on 9 other operational
definitions. Results: A total of 662 subjects (73.1% of women) were included in this analysis (mean age: 83.2±8.99
years). The prevalence of sarcopenia was 38.1% whereas the prevalence of frail and pre-frail persons was respectively
24.7% and 61.4%. Among frail, pre-frail and robust subjects, respectively 47%, 38.9% and 16.3% were diagnosed
sarcopenic. The prevalence of sarcopenia according to ten different operational definitions of frailty ranged between 32.8
% (i.e. Frail scale Status and Frailty Index) and 47% (i.e. Fried definition). Conclusion: This research highlights that over
a third of nursing home residents are sarcopenic and the percentage is almost 50% among frail subjects; those latter
constitute about 1 in 4 of the population of nursing home residents studied here.
Disciplines :
Geriatrics Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Buckinx, Fanny ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Reginster, Jean-Yves ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
BRUNOIS, Théo ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de médecine de l'appareil locomoteur
Lenaerts, Céline ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Master sc. santé publ., à finalité
Beaudart, Charlotte ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Epidémiologie clinique
Croisier, Jean-Louis ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie générale et réadaptation
PETERMANS, Jean ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Service de gériatrie
Bruyère, Olivier ; Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Language :
English
Title :
Prevalence of sarcopenia in a population of nursing home residents according to their frailty status: results of the SENIOR cohort
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions
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