Do Malnutrition, Sarcopenia and Frailty Overlap in Nursing-Home Residents?

OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence and overlap between malnutrition, sarcopenia and frailty in a selected group of nursing home (NH) residents.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

SETTING: Nursing homes (NH).

PARTICIPANTS: 92 residents taking part in an exercise and oral nutritional supplementation study; >75 years old, able to rise from a seated position, body mass index ≤30 kg/m2 and not receiving protein-rich oral nutritional supplements.

MEASUREMENTS: The MNA-SF and Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were used for screening and diagnosis of malnutrition (moderate or severe), respectively. Sarcopenia risk was assessed by the SARC-F Questionnaire (0-10p; ≥4=increased risk), and for diagnosis the European Working Group of Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) criteria was used. To screen for frailty the FRAIL Questionnaire (0-5p; 1-2p indicating pre-frailty, and >3p indicating frailty), was employed.

RESULTS: Average age was 86 years; 62% were women. MNA-SF showed that 30 (33%) people were at risk or malnourished. The GLIM criteria verified malnutrition in 16 (17%) subjects. One third (n=33) was at risk for sarcopenia by SARC-F. Twenty-seven (29%) subjects displayed confirmed sarcopenic according to EWGSOP2. Around 50% (n=47) was assessed as pre-frail or frail. Six people (7%) suffered from all three conditions. Another five (5%) of the residents were simultaneously malnourished and sarcopenic, but not frail, while frailty coexisted with sarcopenia in 10% (n=9) of non-malnourished residents. Twenty-nine (32%) residents were neither malnourished, sarcopenic nor frail.

CONCLUSIONS: In a group of selected NH residents a majority was either (pre)frail (51%), sarcopenic (29%) or malnourished (17%). There were considerable overlaps between the three conditions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

The Journal of frailty & aging - 10(2021), 1 vom: 16., Seite 17-21

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Faxén-Irving, G [VerfasserIn]
Luiking, Y [VerfasserIn]
Grönstedt, H [VerfasserIn]
Franzén, E [VerfasserIn]
Seiger, Å [VerfasserIn]
Vikström, S [VerfasserIn]
Wimo, A [VerfasserIn]
Boström, A-M [VerfasserIn]
Cederholm, T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Frailty
Journal Article
Malnutrition
Nursing home
Older person
Sarcopenia

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Date Completed 13.01.2021

Date Revised 13.01.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.14283/jfa.2020.45

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31896662X