Prevalencia de sarcopenia en adultos mayores que asisten al Centro Gerontológico Dr. Arsenio De La Torre Marcillo de la ciudad de Guayaquil en el periodo de mayo a septiembre del 2018.

Abstract

Sarcopenia is the loss of strength and muscle mass during old age, this is a geriatric manifestation of high prevalence. The objective of the project is to determine the prevalence of sarcopenia in older adults who attend the Centro gerontological Dr. Arsenio de la Torre Marcillo. The approach used was quantitative, descriptive, transversal. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 65 older adults was delimited, distributed as follows: 61 women (94%) and 4 men (6%); the average age was 76.61 ± 6.25 years. Body mass index (BMI), Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), skeletal muscle mass index (IMME) was assessed by electrical bioimpedance, 525 dry equipment, muscular strength with Jamar 5030J1 dynamometer and functional capacity assessment by Test Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). SPSS Statistics 20 was used for data analysis. Following the criteria posed by EWGSOP: 46.16% (n = 30) presents diagnosis of Sarcopenia, 1.54% (n = 1) Pre-Sarcopenia, 23.08% (n = 15) Sarcopenia and 21.54% (n = 14) grave Sarcopenia. The remaining 35 volunteers (53.85%) did not present sarcopenia. 23% showed overweight and 26.15% obesity. There is a significant presence of insufficient weight and malnutrition (20%). It is concluded that the prevalence of sarcopenia was significant in the sample studied. The Short Battery test and the Barthel test demonstrated that there is a lack of functional consequence in the Sarcopenics Volunteers. Although there is a high percentage of older adults with normal nutritional status and overweight and obesity, the population presents Sarcopenia.