Sarcopenia prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia in older people living in a nursing home in Ankara Turkey

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YALÇIN A., ARAS S., ATMIŞ V., Cengiz O. K., VARLI M., Cinar E., ...Daha Fazla

GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, cilt.16, sa.8, ss.903-910, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 8
• Basım Tarihi: 2016
• Doi Numarası: 10.1111/ggi.12570
• Dergi Adı: GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.903-910
• Anahtar Kelimeler: nursing home, older people, prevalence, sarcopenia, Turkey, SKELETAL-MUSCLE MASS, NUTRITIONAL-STATUS, EUROPEAN CONSENSUS, DEFINITION, ADULTS, MEN, MORTALITY, RESIDENTS, HEALTHY, WOMEN
• Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Sarcopenia is prevalent in older people, and is related to survival and disability. There are no data on sarcopenia evaluated according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People criteria for nursing home residents in Turkey. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia according to European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People criteria and associated factors with sarcopenia among nursing home residents in Turkey.