期刊名称：Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde
印刷版ISSN：1413-3482
电子版ISSN：2317-1634
出版年度：2021
期号：26
页码：1-7
DOI：10.12820/rbafs.26e0196
语种：English
出版社：Sociedade Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde
摘要：This study aimed to assess the factors associated with the risk of sarcopenia in older adults who attend social groups. This is a cross-sectional conducted with 207 older adults. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the SARC-f questionnaire were used as instruments. Data analysis was carried out by using the chi-squared test and the Binary Logistic Regression (p < 0.05). The results showed a significant association of the risk of sarcopenia with the education level (p = 0,016). There was a significant difference among the groups in self-perceived health (p = 0.001), health perception compared to older adults of the same age (p = 0.001), amount of medications used (p = 0.001), history of falls (p = 0.001) and near-falls (p = 0.001). No significant difference was found in the risk of sarcopenia with level of physical activity. When comparing the ratios of diseases reported according to the risk of sarcopenia, there was a significant difference in heart disease (p = 0.001), systemic arterial hypertension (p = 0.001), stroke (p = 0.001), diabetes (p = 0.049), osteoarthritis (p = 0.001), lung disease (p = 0.034), depression (p = 0.001) and osteoporosis (p = 0.001). The logistic regression revealed that the older adults who had no history of falls and reported no heart disease, lung disease, depression or osteoporosis were more likely to have no risk of sarcopenia. Therefore, it was concluded that the education level and health conditions reported by the older adults can be considered as factors associated with the risk of sarcopenia. The level of physical activity is not a factor associated with the indication of sarcopenia.
