The relationship between all-cause mortality sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity among hospitalized older people.

Background And Aim: Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity (SO) are associated with adverse health outcomes in older people. Data on sarcopenia- and SO-related mortality are insufficient for hospitalized older people. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between sarcopenia, SO and mortality among hospitalized older people.

Incidence of sleep disturbances in patients with familial Mediterranean fever and the relation of sleep quality with disease activity.

Aim: To evaluate the sleep quality and the relation of sleep quality with depression, anxiety, fatigue and disease activity in adult patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).

Method: One hundred and seventy-four FMF patients and 84 age-sex matched healthy individuals were included in this study. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Index (HADS) were used to assess sleep quality, fatigue, depression and anxiety, respectively.