Prevalence and Risk Factors of Self‐Reported Sarcopenia and Its Association With Multimorbidity in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Youn‐Jung Son, Yun Mi Lee, Da‐Young Kim, Eun‐Jung Kim, Jeong‐Ah Ahn · 2024
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Youn-Jung Son and co-workers study self-reported sarcopenia in older adults living in the community in South Korea, in a 2024 paper. Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength and function with age. The team asked how it relates to multimorbidity, the presence of two or more chronic diseases.
More than eight hundred older adults completed a standard five-question screening tool. Sarcopenia was reported by over forty percent of those with multimorbidity, versus about twenty percent without. Poor perceived health was the strongest predictor in the multimorbidity group, while very old age led in the other group. The authors call for large prospective studies with objective tools.
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| CREATOR | Youn‐Jung Son, Yun Mi Lee, Da‐Young Kim, Eun‐Jung Kim, Jeong‐Ah Ahn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |