THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN, QUALITY OF LIFE AND SARCOPENIA

Bakilan F., ÖZGEN M., Ortanca B., Ekim A., ARMAĞAN O., Taşçioğlu Berkan F., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.24, no.1, pp.60-70, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.31086/tjgeri.2021.200
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.60-70
  • Keywords: Chronic Pain, Sarcopenia, Quality of Life, EUROPEAN CONSENSUS, BODY-COMPOSITION, PREVALENCE, INDIVIDUALS, DEFINITION, HEALTH, OLD
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Musculoskeletal-pain and sarcopenia are common in elderly and negatively affect living. The objectives werel-to evaluate the rate of sarcopenia and sarcopenia-related factors according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older-People-2-2019 algorithm, 2-to compare the rate of probable sarcopenia, sarcopenia parameters and quality of life according to both presence or absence of chronic musculoskeletal-pain and whether the pain is regional or generalized.