TITLE:
Prevalence of Sarcopenia among Nursing Home Older Residents in Cairo, Egypt
AUTHORS:
Tomader Taha Abdel Rahman, Nehal Mahmoud Elkholy, Ahmad Kamel Mortagy
KEYWORDS:
Nursing Homes, Prevalence, Sarcopenia
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Aging Research,
Vol.3 No.2,
May
19,
2014
ABSTRACT:
Sarcopenia is
highly prevalent in community dwelling older adults in many countries; however,
the prevalence of sarcopenia in nursing home older residents is
not well characterized. The aim of this study is
to assess the prevalence of sarcopenia in nursing home older residents in Cairo. Cross sectional
study was performed among 357 nursing home residents in Cairo. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older
People (EWGSOP) recommendation was used for diagnosing sarcopenia. The study
showed that the prevalence of sarcopenia in nursing home older residents in Cairo was 17.7%, 22.2%
in elderly men and 14.4% in elderly women. Age, underweight and lack of physical activity were
found to be associated with sarcopenia among studied participants. The study concluded that sarcopenia is an emerging health problem in nursing home older residents in Cairo.