Open AccessPrevalence of sarcopenia in inpatients 70 years and older using different diagnostic criteria
Author(s) -
Reijnierse Esmee M.,
Buljan Angela,
Tuttle Camilla S. L.,
van Ancum Jeanine,
Verlaan Sjors,
Meskers Carel G. M.,
Maier Andrea B.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.219
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , medicine , bioelectrical impedance analysis , muscle mass , observational study , physical therapy , body mass index
Aim To compare prevalence rates of sarcopenia applying multiple diagnostic criteria in hospitalized older patients. Design Observational, longitudinal EMPOWER study. Methods A total of 378 hospitalized inpatients aged 70 years and older were recruited. Muscle mass and strength were measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis and handheld dynamometer respectively. Nine commonly used diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia were applied. Analyses were stratified for sex. Results Mean age was 79.7 years ( SD 6.43) and 50.8% were males. Depending on the applied criterion, prevalence of sarcopenia ranged between 12.0–75.9% in males and 3.1–75.3% in females. Males had a higher prevalence of sarcopenia compared with females in all but one of the applied diagnostic criteria. In males, highest prevalence of sarcopenia was found using muscle mass as diagnostic criterion while in females this was observed when using muscle strength. Five male and one female hospitalized older patients were sarcopenic according to all applied diagnostic criteria.