Comparison of two different frailty screening scales for predicting mortality due to all causes in older inpatients.

Objective: This study examines the relationship between two frailty screening tools and 90-day all-cause mortality in geriatric inpatients.

Methods: The study included patients aged ≥60 years who were admitted to the geriatrics unit of a university hospital between June 2021 and August 2022 and whose mortality status and duration of hospitalization data were obtained from the Health Ministry System. During hospitalization, the patients were screened using two different frailty scales: the Simpler Modified Fried Frailty Scale (sMFS) and the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS).

Undernutrition in obese older adults by fat percentage.

Objective: The prevalence of obesity by fat percentage has seen a steady increase in older adults in recent years, secondary to increases in fat mass in body composition, even in healthy aging. Malnutrition is a common geriatric syndrome with serious clinical outcomes. Increases in fat mass and waist circumference with healthy aging should not prevent the risk of malnutrition from being masked.

Frailty and its associates in community-dwelling older adults.

Objective: While the literature contains several studies on the frailty assessed during hospitalization and/or outpatient settings and nursing homes, few studies have assessed frailty in community-dwelling older adults. We investigated the prevalence of frailty and associated factors among older adults in a sample of community-dwelling older adults.

Methods: We included community-dwelling older adults >60 years living in the Fatih District of the Istanbul Province.

The longitudinal associations of sarcopenia definitions with functional deterioration: a comparative study.

Objective: Probable sarcopenia is a predictor of functional limitation in older adults. However, whether standard thresholds recommended by guides, or population-specific thresholds better predict impairment in functionality is an issue that needs to be enlightened. We aimed to study the associations of probable sarcopenia identified by the use of EWGSOP2 and population-specific thresholds with deterioration in functionality at follow-up and give prevalences of probable sarcopenia with different thresholds in older outpatients admitted to a tertiary health center.

Sarcopenic obesity versus sarcopenia alone with the use of probable sarcopenia definition for sarcopenia: Associations with frailty and physical performance.

Background & Aims: Ageing brings alterations in body composition, as skeletal muscle gradually declines and accumulation of adipose tissue accompanies it. Although sarcopenia (S) and obesity (O) were separately reported to be associated with frailty and poor physical performance, whether they bring more detrimental or favorable effect when they coexist (i.e.