Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Quality of Life in Self-Valid and Level Dependent Chilean Elderly People From Two Cities in Southern Chile

Authors

  • Igor Iván Cigarroa Cuevas Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0418-8787
  • Matías Robles-Robles Universidad de los Lagos, Chile
  • Rodrigo Yáñez-Yáñez Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.2.618.97

Keywords:

Sarcopenia, Old man, Quality of life, Chile

Abstract

Introduction: Sarcopenia is the muscle disease linked to the aging process and associated with a decrease in the quality of life and functionality in the older people.


Objective: To determine the association between sarcopenia and the quality of life of self-reliant and mildly dependent elderly people from two cities in southern Chile.


Methodology: The study had a non-experimental design, analytic and of transversal temporality. The sample consisted of 80 elderly people (30 men), a non-probabilistic convenience sampling was used. To determine the quality of life, the SF-36 quality of life survey was applied and to determine sarcopenia, the flowchart of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People was applied, which assesses muscle strength (dynamometry),
appendicular muscle mass and physical performance (walking speed).

Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia in the elderly reached 23.8 %. There was no evidence of association between sarcopenia and quality of life. When analyzing the parameters to evaluate sarcopenia separately, an association was evidenced between gait speed and quality of life dimensions (physical function; p = 0.000, physical role; p = 0.005 and social function; p = 0.010).


Conclusion: A lower walking speed was related to a low quality of life. Future sarcopenia evaluation and control programs should consider quality of life as a variable associated with the physical performance of older people.

Author Biographies

Igor Iván Cigarroa Cuevas, Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile

Doctor en Neurociencia, Académico de la Escuela de kinesiología, Facultad de Salud,
Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile e Investigador asociado del Centro de Investigación en Gerontología Aplicada (CIGAP), Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile

Matías Robles-Robles, Universidad de los Lagos, Chile

Magíster en Gerontología Clínica Interdisciplinar, Carrera de Kinesiología, Departamento de Salud, Universidad de los Lagos, Chile.

Rodrigo Yáñez-Yáñez, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

Magíster en Gerontología Clínica Interdisciplinar, Carrera de kinesiología, Departamento de kinesiología, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile.

Published

2022-01-19

How to Cite

Cigarroa Cuevas, I. I., Robles-Robles, M. ., & Yáñez-Yáñez, R. . (2022). Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Quality of Life in Self-Valid and Level Dependent Chilean Elderly People From Two Cities in Southern Chile. Salud Uninorte, 37(2), 422–441. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.37.2.618.97

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