缺乏知识与对抗社区居住成年人肌少症的意愿形成鲜明对比。
Lack of Knowledge Contrasts the Willingness to Counteract Sarcopenia Among Community-Dwelling Adults.
机构信息
Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Medicine and Aged Care, @AgeMelbourne, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
出版信息
J Aging Health. 2020 Aug-Sep;32(7-8):787-794. doi: 10.1177/0898264319852840. Epub 2019 Jun 3.
Sarcopenia is highly prevalent in older adults. Knowledge among community-dwelling adults is important for effective prevention and treatment of sarcopenia. This study aims to assess current knowledge about sarcopenia, investigate willingness for treatment and prevention, and awareness of muscle health. Participants who attended health educational events completed a questionnaire on knowledge about sarcopenia. Self-perceived muscle health was assessed by visual analog scale. Objective muscle measures included muscle mass, handgrip strength, and gait speed. Included participants were 197 (median aged 67.9 years [interquartile range = 57.0-75.1]). Eighteen participants (9%) reported to know what sarcopenia is. Participants' self-perceived muscle health showed a low correlation with all objective muscle measures. 76% were willing, in case of sarcopenia diagnosis, to start treatment and 71% were willing to prevent sarcopenia. Knowledge about sarcopenia is limited while participants were willing to start treatment and prevention. Strategies to increase knowledge among community-dwelling adults are needed.
肌少症在老年人中发病率很高。了解社区居住成年人的肌少症知识对于肌少症的有效预防和治疗非常重要。本研究旨在评估目前对肌少症的认识，调查治疗和预防的意愿以及对肌肉健康的认识。参加健康教育活动的参与者完成了一份关于肌少症知识的问卷。自我感知的肌肉健康状况通过视觉模拟量表进行评估。客观的肌肉指标包括肌肉质量、握力和步态速度。共纳入 197 名参与者（中位数年龄 67.9 岁[四分位间距 57.0-75.1]）。18 名参与者（9%）报告了解肌少症是什么。参与者自我感知的肌肉健康状况与所有客观肌肉指标的相关性较低。76%的人在诊断出肌少症后愿意开始治疗，71%的人愿意预防肌少症。尽管参与者愿意开始治疗和预防肌少症，但对肌少症的认识有限。需要制定策略来提高社区居住成年人的知识水平。
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