Phase angle is associated with frailty in community-dwelling older adults.

Objectives: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome associated with adverse outcomes. Malnutrition and sarcopenia are conditions intertwined with frailty. Phase angle (PhA), used to evaluate nutritional status and sarcopenia, shows the cell membrane integrity and is closely related to clinical outcomes and mortality in many chronic conditions.

The role of ultrasonographically measured rectus femoris muscle on falls in community-dwelling older adults: a single-center study.

Background: There are many risk factors for falls and sarcopenia has emerged as an important risk factor. Measuring muscle mass is a useful method to determine sarcopenia. Our aim was to determine the difference in muscle mass between older adults with (fallers) and without history of falls (non-fallers) using ultrasonography (US).

Dysphagia is closely related to frailty in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Introduction: Physical phenotype and the cumulative deficit model are two well-known concepts of frailty. One of the main components of frailty is loss of muscle mass and function, which may also include swallowing muscles, therefore is a risk factor for dysphagia. Since dysphagia is seen starting from the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), in this study we aimed to reveal the relationship between frailty and dysphagia and dysphagia-related quality of life through Swallow Quality of Life (SwalQoL) tool in patients with AD and compare them with cognitively intact older adults.

Relationships of Fall Risk With Frailty, Sarcopenia, and Balance Disturbances in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease.

Background And Purpose: Cognitive impairment is one of the main risk factors for falls, and hence it commonly coexists with balance issues. Frailty and sarcopenia are intertwined and prevalent in dementia, and are closely related to falls. We aimed to determine the relationships of the fall risk with balance disturbances, sarcopenia, and frailty in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Cognitive Status is Better in Older Adults under Colchicine Treatment: A Case-Control Study.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effects of colchicine, an important anti-inflammatory agent, on cognitive functions in a geriatric population diagnosed with gout or osteoarthritis by comparing it to non-colchicine users.

Methods: 138 geriatric patients (67 colchicine users and 71 non-users) were enrolled. Within comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), cognitive status assessment via Mini-Mental State Examination test (MMSE), Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screening test (Qmci), clock drowning test (CDT), and digit span tests were performed.

Ultrasonografically assessed osteosarcopenic obesity is associated with frailty in community-dwelling older adults.

Objectives: Osteosarcopenic obesity (OSO; also known as adiposity) is the combination of three critical conditions. This study aimed to define OSO using muscle ultrasonography (US), and examine the relationship between OSO and frailty compared with its constituent components.

Methods: A total of160 geriatric patients with a body mass index of ≥30 were enrolled in the study.

Validity and reliability of Fried frailty phenotype in Turkish population.

Background: Frailty is an important, multidimensional geriatric syndrome defined as increased vulnerability to stressors. Fried frailty phenotype (FFP) is one of the most widely used models to define physical frailty. The aim of this study is to investigate the crosscultural validity and reliability of Fried frailty phenotype (FFP) in older Turkish population.

The role of muscle ultrasound to predict sarcopenia.

Objectives: This study aimed to provide data about the role of muscle ultrasound (US) to predict sarcopenia.

Methods: A total of 313 geriatric outpatients (age ≥65 y) were enrolled in the study. After a comprehensive geriatric assessment, anthropometric measurement and handgrip strength (HGS) data were obtained and a bioelectrical impedance analysis was performed.

Orthostatic intolerance: a frailty marker for older adults.

Purpose: Frailty, orthostatic blood pressure changes (OBPC), and orthostatic intolerance syndrome (OIS) are common in geriatric patients. However, the results of the studies evaluating the relationship between these entities are discordant. We aimed to investigate the association between frailty and OIS with or without OBPC.

Validity and reliability of Fried frailty phenotype in Turkish population.

Background/aim: Frailty is an important, multidimensional geriatric syndrome defined as increased vulnerability to stressors. Fried frailty phenotype (FFP) is one of the most widely used models to define physical frailty. The aim of this study is to investigate the cross-cultural validity and reliability of Fried frailty phenotype (FFP) in older Turkish population.

Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition criteria with different muscle assessments including muscle ultrasound with hospitalized internal medicine patients.

Background: The aim of this study is to identify cutoff values for muscle ultrasound (US) to be used in Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria, and to define the effect of reduced muscle mass assessment on malnutrition prevalence at hospital admission.

Methods: A total of 118 inpatients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Six different muscles were evaluated by US.

Validity and reliability of the G8 screening test in older non-cancer patients.

Purpose: A comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a time-consuming approach that requires a special team and a screening test, whereas the G8 screening test is a practical and validated test for screening cancer patients. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the G8 test in older patients without cancer and to investigate its concordance with CGA in an outpatient clinic.

Methods: Two hundred older patients were included in the study.

Frailty is associated with poor sleep quality in the oldest old.

Background/aim: Sleep disorders and frailty increase with advancing age, along with physical disabilities, cognitive dysfunction, mood disorders, and social vulnerability. Thus, the study objective was to evaluate the relationship between frailty and sleep quality in the oldest old patients.

Materials And Methods: In this study, 100 patients aged ≥80 years were assessed using comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) including basic activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL, handgrip strength, the Geriatric Depression Scale-15, the Mini- Mental State Examination, and the Mini-Nutritional Assessment-Short Form.

Comparison of the Accuracy of Short Cognitive Screens Among Adults With Cognitive Complaints in Turkey.

Background: Cutoff values of cognitive screen tests vary according to age and educational levels.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the accuracy and determine cutoffs for 3 short cognitive screening instruments: the Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment Screen-Turkish version (Qmci-TR), in older adults with low literacy in Turkey.

Methods: In all 321 patients, 133 with subjective cognitive complaints (SCC), 88 amnestic-type mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), and 100 with probable Alzheimer disease (AD) with a median of 5 years education were included.

Diaphragmatic muscle thickness in older people with and without sarcopenia.

Background: Studies in mice have suggested that sarcopenic animals may have atrophic diaphragmatic muscles; however, to date, no clinical studies are available.

Aims: To investigate whether the diaphragmatic thickness is affected in older patients with sarcopenia and if this is associated with impaired respiratory functions.

Methods: Thirty sarcopenic and 30 non-sarcopenic elderly patients aged over 65 were included.