The mediating role of sarcopenia in the link between loneliness and frailty among nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present work focused on investigating the frailty status of older nursing home residents by analyzing the relationships among loneliness, sarcopenia, and frailty. The study explored the mediating effect of sarcopenia on loneliness and frailty among elderly individuals.

Methods

From January to June 2022, 190 elderly individuals were enrolled from four nursing homes in Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhanjiang, and Nanning using a convenience sampling method. A field survey was conducted using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Frailty Phenotype, the UCLA Loneliness Scale, and the SARC-F screening tool. The data were analyzed with SPSS 25.0 and Process 4.1 software. Normally distributed continuous variables are presented as the means ± standard deviations (Mean±SD) . As

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12465528 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature