Journal of agricultural medicine and community health (농촌의학ㆍ지역보건)

Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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Association between nutritional status, sarcopenia, and frailty in rural elders

농촌 지역 노인의 영양 상태, 근감소증과, 노쇠의 연관성

  • Lee, Su-Hyeon (Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, Ki-soo (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 이수현 (경상대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 박기수 (경상대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실 및 건강과학연구원)
  • Received : 2021.02.08
  • Accepted : 2021.03.11
  • Published : 2021.03.31
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Abstract

Objectives: Frailty and sarcopenia are recent important concepts in elder health care. Sarcopenia is the most important factor influencing frailty, and exercise and nutritional status are known to affect sarcopenia. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between nutritional status, sarcopenia, and frailty. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional design. The subjects of this study were 411 elderly people aged 65 or older from 10 villages in Gyeongnam. The survey tools were the K-FRAIL for frailty, the GDS-SF for depression, the SARC-F questionnaire for sarcopenia, and the DETERMINE for nutritional status. Frequency analysis, the chi-square test, and multiple logistic regression analysis were performed using the SPSS 25.0 program. Results: As a result of the chi-square test, there was a significant difference in the nutritional status and the frailty proportion (p<0.001), and there was a significant difference between frailty and suspected sarcopenia (p<0.001). After adjustment, nutritional status was significantly associated with sarcopenia (OR=2.946, p<0.001). In addition, nutritional status was significantly associated with frailty (OR=2.958, p<0.001), and sarcopenia also had a significant effect on frailty (OR=5.898, p<0.001). Finally, even after including sarcopenia, nutritional status had a significant effect on frailty (OR=2.246, p=0.002). Conclusions: Nutritional status can have both a direct effect on frailty and an indirect effect through sarcopenia, and it was found that sarcopenia also affects frailty. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate sarcopenia and nutritional status and to evaluate their levels in the elderly and to take appropriate interventions.

노쇠(frailty)와 근감소증(sarcopenia)은 최근 노인건강 관리에 중요한 개념이다. 근감소증은 노쇠에 영향을 주는 가장 대표적인 요인이고, 운동, 영양수준 등이 근감소증에 영향을 주는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이 연구에서는 특히 영양 수준과 근감소증, 노쇠와의 연관성을 파악하는 것을 목적으로 두었다. 연구 대상자는 경남 10개 마을 65세 이상 노인 411명으로, 성별, 연령, 학력, 동거인 유무와 같은 사회인구학적 변수를 조사하고, GDS-SF로 우울감, K-FRAIL로 노쇠, 한국판 SARC-F로 근감소증, DETERMINE으로 영양 수준을 평가하였다. 연구결과, 단순분석에서는 영양 수준과 노쇠, 근감소증 의심과는 유의한 관련이 있었다.(p<0.001) 그리고, 성별, 동거인 유무, 연령, 학력, 우울감을 보정했을 때 영양 수준은 노쇠, 근감소증 각각과 유의한 관련성을 가졌고(p<0.001), 근감소증을 보정하였을 때도 노쇠와 유의한 관련성을 가졌다.(p<0.001) 더하여, 근감소증 역시 노쇠와 유의한 관련성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.(p<0.001) 영양 수준은 노쇠에 직접적인 영향과 근감소증을 통한 간접적 영향 모두 미칠 수 있고, 근감소증 역시 노쇠에 영향을 미치는 것으로 파악되었다. 따라서 노인들에게 근감소증과 영양 수준을 평가하고 적절한 개입을 하는 것이 필요하다.

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