CANE Questionnaire for the assessment of care needs in elderly individuals living in long-term unit

Results.– Mean appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) was 6.61±0.64kg/m2, and 14 had sarcopenia diagnosed with European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) algorithm; 4/43: reduced gait speed, 11/39: low handgrip strength, 2: severe sarcopenia, 23: pre-sarcopenia; 16: obesity, 11: sarcopenic-obesity (Baumgartner’s criteria).With Fried’s frailty criteria, seven were classified as frail, 23 as pre-frail, and 13 as robust. All of six male frail patients were diagnosed as sarcopenia. All of eight sarcopenic patients without diagnosis of frailty were classified as pre-frail. Gait speed was associated with BODE index and parameters of HrQOL, nutrition, mood, and physical activity. Conclusions.– Sarcopenia was a highly prevalent condition and might play an etiological role in the frailty in elder PR patients with COPD.