Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-06-24T07:43:58 RDF description of Sarcopenia and health care utilization in older women - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn428 Sarcopenia and health care utilization in older women Utilization Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences Hospitalization Aging and Geriatrics Nursing Homes 21946 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 <p>BACKGROUND: Although there are several consensus definitions of sarcopenia, their association with health care utilization has not been studied. METHODS: We included women from the prospective Study of Osteoporotic Fractures with complete assessment of sarcopenia by several definitions at the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Year 10 (Y10) exam (1997-1998) who also had available data from Medicare Fee- For-Service Claims (N = 566) or Kaiser Encounter data (N = 194). Sarcopenia definitions evaluated were: International Working Group, European Working Group for Sarcopenia in Older Persons, Foundation for the NIH Sarcopenia Project, Baumgartner, and Newman. Hurdle models and logistic regression were used to assess the relation between sarcopenia status (the summary definition and the components of slowness, weakness and/or lean mass) and outcomes that included hospitalizations, cumulative inpatient days/year, short-term (part A paid) skilled nursing facility stay in the 3 years following the Y10 visit. RESULTS: None of the consensus definitions, nor the definition components of weakness or low lean mass, was associated with increased risk of hospitalization or greater likelihood of short-term skilled nursing facility stay. Women with slowness by any criterion definition were about 50% more likely to be hospitalized; had a greater rate of hospitalization days amongst those hospitalized; and had 1.8 to 2.1 times greater likelihood of a short-term skilled nursing facility stay than women without slowness. There was the suggestion of a protective association of low lean mass by the various criterion definitions on short-term skilled nursing facility stay. CONCLUSION: Estimated effects of sarcopenia on health care utilization were negligible. However, slowness was associated with greater health care utilization.<p> 1 Physical Fitness 13683 public Cohort Studies 10.1093/gerona/glw118 72 document-rn428 Risk Factors