Journal article
Common Ground? The Concordance of Sarcopenia and Frailty Definitions
EM Reijnierse, MC Trappenburg, GJ Blauw, S Verlaan, MAE de van der Schueren, CGM Meskers, AB Maier
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association | Published : 2016
Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the concordance between definitions of sarcopenia and frailty in a clinically relevant population of geriatric outpatients. Design: Data were retrieved from a cross-sectional study. Setting: The study was performed in a geriatric outpatient clinic of a middle-sized teaching hospital. Participants: The study included 299 geriatric outpatients (mean age 82.4, SD 7.1) who were consecutively referred to the outpatient clinic. Measurements: Prevalence rates and subsequent concordance evolving from 3 definitions of sarcopenia and 2 definitions of frailty were compared. Definitions of sarcopenia included the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older Peopl..
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Awarded by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the seventh framework program MYOAGE (HEALTH-2007-2.4.5-10), 050-060-810 Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging, and by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, which is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.