Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

low muscle strength is central to geriatric syndromes including sarcopenia and frailty. It is well described in community-dwelling older people, but the epidemiology of grip strength of older people in rehabilitation or long-term care has been little explored.

Objective

to describe grip strength of older people in rehabilitation and nursing home settings.

Design

cross-sectional epidemiological study.

Setting

three healthcare settings in one town.

Subjects

hundred and one inpatients on a rehabilitation ward, 47 community rehabilitation referrals and 100 nursing home residents.

Methods

grip strength, age, height, weight, body mass index, number of co-morbidities and medications, Barthel score, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), nutriti

SUBMITTER: Roberts HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3918578 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature