Prevalencia de sarcopenia en pacientes con enfermedades reumáticas que practican actividad física del centro médico IRHED en comparación con una población sana durante el periodo 2021- 2022.

Abstract

Sarcopenia involves skeletal muscle. This will be reflected in a lower measure of strength, which in turn is associated with a high risk of complications in the short, medium and long term. Despite its intimate relationship with advanced age, at present its diagnosis has been separated from the geriatric syndrome and has been associated with rheumatic diseases. The relationship between the incidence of sarcopenia in rheumatic patients and the degree of physical activity has been little studied. Therefore, this study was focused on interpreting the data measured from a group of patients with rheumatic diseases from the IRHED medical center in the city of Guayaquil with respectto a control group in the period 2021-2022. Materials and methods: Retro- prospective, observational, cross-sectional and analytical study carried out in autoimmune patients from the IRHED center and a control group without disease made up of relatives and relatives in the period 2021-2022. The variables collected were age, sex, presence of rheumatic disease, percentageof muscle mass, average hand grip dynamometry, SARC-F and IPAQ score. Results: the case population consisted in 70 patients, while the control groupwas made up of 60 people. In the case group, the minimum age was 19 and the maximum was 85, with a mean of 46.07 and a standard deviation of ±15.38. The control group was composed of a minimum age of 45 years and a maximum of 79 with a mean of 59.4 and a standard deviation of 9.5. Regarding the gender of a sample of 70 patients, 15.7% were male and 84.3%female, while 18.3% were male and 81.7 female, respectively. Significant data regarding sex and the BASDAI scale regarding muscle mass were evidenced, however, no significant correlations were found between the degree of physical activity and the incidence of sarcopenia in rheumatological patients compared to controls. Conclusion: There was no significant correlation between the degree of physical activity and the incidence of sarcopenia in thecase group compared to the control group.