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BioMed Central, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 1(16), 2015
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-015-0570-x
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Frequency of sarcopenia and associated factors among hospitalized elderly patients
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Fernanda Warken,
Anne Karine Menezes,
Anne Karine Menezes Santos Batista,
Isabela Barboza Gomes,
Flávia Milholo Olivieri,
Fernanda Warken Rosa Camelier,
Aquiles Assunção Camelier
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Abstract
Abstract Background Sarcopenia is an important public health problem that affects mainly elders, and has negative consequences, such as disability and even death. Due to the lack of studies evaluating sarcopenia in elderly persons hospitalized in Brazil, the aim of the present study was to describe the frequency of sarcopenia and associated factors among elders in a hospital in the city of Salvador - Brazil. Methods This cross-sectional study included 110 hospitalized elderly patients in a multi-specialty hospital in Salvador-BA, Brazil. Inclusion criteria: were elders aged ≥60 years between the first and fifth day of hospitalization; who were able to walk without external assistance; with medical permission to walk, and who did not take vasoactive and inotropic drugs. The diagnosis of sarcopenia was determined by combining the reduction in skeletal muscle mass with muscle weakness (women,