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Background: Participation leisure activities can improve well-being. However, research on leisure activities and perceived well-being among older adults with possible sarcopenia and multimorbidity is limited. The aims of the studywere to explore the relationship between leisure activities andwell-being among older adults with possible sarcopenia and multimorbidity. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to explore the relationship between leisure activities and well-being among older adults who have possible sarcopenia. Demographic questionnaire, the Leisure Time Physical Activity Scale, and the Well-being Visual Analogue Scale were used. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship with leisure activities and well-being among the demographic variables. Results: A total of 241 participants were recruited. Age, occupation, exercise habits, weekly exercise frequency, and duration of each exercise were significantly correlated with overall participation in leisure activities for older adults with possible sarcopenia. Educational background, occupation, living conditions, and duration of exercise were found to be significantly correlated with the perceived wellbeing. Leisure activities were significantly correlated with well-being. Further, social activities were determined to be an effective predictor of well-being. Conclusions: The leisure activities and well-being of older adults with possible sarcopenia and multimorbidity are significantly correlated. Patients who participate more frequently in leisure activities have greater perceivedwell-being. Participation in social activities is likely to generate strong feelings of well-being. Encouraging such patients to participate in leisure activities can enhance their perceived well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Dynapenia and poor balance is at central part of frailty and is associated with function declining in community-dwelling older people. Little was known the consequences of dynapenia and poor balance among older inpatients. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of dynapenia and balance on functional and mortality outcomes. Methods: All patients received baseline comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) andwould be follow up from six to nine month after discharge. CGA included basic demography, multimorbidity, cognitive function, nutritional status, risk of fall, depressive symptoms, mobility, and balance subscale of Tinetti performance oriented mobility assessment. A composite outcome composed of mortality and function decline. Results: Of 150 patients, 108 (72%) were dynapenia and 72 (48%) were poor balance. 39 (26%) experienced a composite outcome during follow-up period. Univariate Cox PH model showed that age (hazard ratio (HR): 1.1; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.0-1.2, p = 0.039), dynapenia (HR: 8.1; 95% CI: 1.1-59.2, p = 0.040), and poor balance (HR: 2.9; 95% CI: 1.3-6.3, p = 0.009) were associated with the composite outcome. Results of age adjusted Cox PH analysis for the composite outcome and function declining were similar. In the multivariate Cox PH model adjusted for corresponding variables, those dynapenic and poor balance older inpatients had higher risk than non-dynapenic and intact balance ones to experience the composite outcome (HR: 8.0; 95% CI :0.9-71.0, p = 0.062) and function decline (HR: 6.8; 95% CI: 0.8-61.7, p = 0.086), respectively. Conclusion: Dynapenia and balance were associated with a composite outcome of function decline and mortality. Incorporate routine screening of dynapenia and balance in admission assessments would identify people at risk and may benefit their six-month post-discharge outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]