Affiliations:
Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Correspondence:
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Correspondence to: Dr. Hiroyuki Umegaki, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 744 2364; Fax: +81 52 744 2371; E-mail: umegaki@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Abstract: Quality of life (QOL) was assessed using the EQ-5D twice in 1 year in 57 older community-dwelling people (age 79.1±5.9 years) with mild cognitive impairment in a memory clinic. Screening for sarcopenia at the initial assessment revealed 40.1% of participants (23/57) were sarcopenic. QOL declined in 33.3% of participants (19/57) after around 1 year. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that sarcopenia was associated with a decline in QOL around 1 year after initial assessment. Sarcopenia may be a risk factor for decline in QOL in older people with mild cognitive impairment.
