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Artigo Incidence and predictive factors of functional decline in older people living in nursing homes: a systematic review(Elsevier, 2022) Souza, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de; Martin, Pau Moreno; Roig, Javier Jerez; Fochs, Sandra Rierola; Oliveira, Vinicius Rosa; Godayol, Pau Farrés; Garriga, Maria Giné; Booth, Joanne; Skelton, Dawn A.; Molina, Eduard Minobes; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-3120Objectives: To review the evidence on incidence and predictive factors of functional decline (FD) in nursing home (NH) residents. Design: A systematic review of the literature. Setting and Participants: Longitudinal studies involving individuals age 60 years and older living in a NH and with at least 2 functional capacity assessments were eligible. Methods: The search was carried out up to June 2021 and was conducted in Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Scopus, SciELO, and Google Scholar databases. Results: A total of 27 studies met the eligibility criteria, most of which were prospective, recruiting participants in more than 1 NH, and conducted in a single country. Studies reported a high rate of functional dependency at baseline and FD at follow-up; in 1 year, 38.9% to 50.6% of residents experienced FD. Predictive factors of FD that were significant in at least 2 of the included studies were cognitive impairment, functional status at baseline, urinary incontinence, length of institutionalization, age, depression, being married, being male, and stroke disease. Protective factors were licensed nursing hours and presence of a geriatrician within the NH staff. Conclusions and Implications: This review highlights the high incidence of FD in NH residents and identifies risk and protective factors of FD that may support the design of preventative strategies for this vulnerable and frail populationArtigo Is loneliness a predictor of the modern geriatric giants? analysis from the survey of health, ageing, and retirement in Europe(Elsevier, 2020) Souza, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de; Garriga, Maria Gine; Roig, Javier Jerez; Planas, Laura Coll; Skelton, Dawn A.; Inzitari, Marco; Booth, Joanne; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-3120Background: The modern Geriatric Giants have evolved to encompass four new syndromes, of frailty (linked to fatigue and physical inactivity), sarcopenia, anorexia of ageing, and cognitive impairment. In parallel, loneliness has been established as a risk factor for adverse mental and physical health outcomes among older adults. Objective: To analyse loneliness as a predictor of the modern Geriatric Giants in European older adults, using a longitudinal design of nationally representative data. Design: Longitudinal population-based cohort study. Subjects: Data from countries that participated in waves 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe project. The sizes of the subsamples analysed ranged from 17,742 for physical inactivity to 24,524 for anorexia of ageing. Methods: Loneliness (measured from wave 5) was the independent variable of interest. The dependent variables were incidence of fatigue, physical inactivity, sarcopenia, anorexia of ageing, and cognitive impairment from wave 5 (baseline) to wave 6. Poisson regression models were used for multivariable analysis, obtaining Relative Risk (RR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI). Results: The prevalence of loneliness ranged from 9.2%–12.4% at wave 5. The 2-year incidence of fatigue was 16 % (95 % CI: 15.5–16.5), physical inactivity 9.8 % (95 % CI: 9.4–10.3), sarcopenia 5.6 % (95 % CI: 5.3–5.9), anorexia of aging 5.4 % (95 % CI: 5.1–5.7), and cognitive impairment 10.3 % (95 % CI: 9.9–10.8). The multivariable analysis showed that loneliness was a predictive factor for fatigue (30 %, CI: 17–45 % higher risk), physical inactivity (24 %, CI: 7–43 % higher risk) and cognitive impairment (26 %, CI: 9–46 % higher risk), adjusted by age, sex, number of chronic diseases, education level, region and depression. Conclusions: Loneliness is an independent risk factor for fatigue, physical inactivity, and cognitive impairment in older adults. The incidence of anorexia of ageing and sarcopenia was not associated with loneliness over the 2- year observation periodArtigo Risk factors for developing symptomatic COVID-19 in older residents of nursing homes: a hypothesisgenerating observational study(Journal Of Frailty, Sarcopenia And Falls, 2023) Souza, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de; Salvans, Anna Escribà; Fochs, Sandra Rierola; Godayol, Pau Farrés; Tuneu, Miriam Molas; Skelton, Dawn A.; Roura, Ester Goutan; Molina, Eduard Minobes; Roig, Javier JerezObjectives: To identify which risk factors were associated with developing Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) infection, with symptoms, in institutionalized older people. Methods: A 1-year longitudinal multi-center study was conducted in 5 nursing homes (NHs) over the period December 2019 to March 2021. Inclusion criteria included being a permanent resident in the NH, aged 65 years or older, and a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 objectively confirmed by a diagnostic test. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was performed, calculating relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals and statistical significance at p<0.05. Results: Of the total sample of 78 individuals who tested positive for COVID-19, the mean age was 84.6 years (SD=±7.8), 62 (79.5%) were female; 40 (51.3%) participants presented with COVID-19 symptoms. Living in a private NH (RR=3.6, 95% CI [1.2-11.0], p=0.023) and having suffered a stroke (RR=4.1, 95% CI [1.1-14.7], p=0.033) were positively associated with developing COVID-19 infection with symptoms. Conclusions: Having suffered a stroke and living permanently in a private NH were positively associated with symptomatic COVID-19 in this sample of institutionalized older people. Clinical Trials ID: NCT04297904Artigo Sarcopenia and associated factors according to the EWGSOP2 criteria in older people living in nursing homes: a cross-sectional study(Bmc Geriatrics, 2022) Souza, Dyego Leandro Bezerra de; Salvans, Anna Escribà; Roig, Javier Jerez; Tuneu, Miriam Molas; Godayol, Pau Farrés; Molina, Eduard Minobes; Martin, Pau Moreno; Roura, Ester Goutan; Masramon, Helena Güell; Novellas, Jordi Amblàs; Skelton, Dawn A.; Moreno, Miriam Torres; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-3120Background: In 2018, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) updated the original defnition of sarcopenia, establishing new criteria to be used globally. Early diagnosis of sarcopenia in nursing home residents and the identifcation of contributing factors would target interventions to reduce the incidence of malnu‑trition, social isolation, functional decline, hospitalization and mortality. Aim: Verify the prevalence and the degree of severity of sarcopenia according to the new EWSGOP2 criteria and to analyse its associated factors in residents living in nursing homes in Central Catalonia (Spain). Design: A cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted in 4 nursing homes. SARC-F test was applied as the initial screening, muscle strength was measured by a dynamometer, skeletal muscle mass by bioimpedance analysis and physical performance by Gait Speed. Four categories were used: total probable sarcopenia, probable sarcopenia, confrmed sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia. Results: Among the total sample of 104 nursing home residents (mean age 84.6, ± 7.8; median 86, IQR 110), 84.6% were women and 85 (81.7%) (95% confdence interval [CI] 73.0-88.0) had total probable sarcopenia, 63 (60.5%) had probable sarcopenia, 19 (18.3%) had confrmed sarcopenia and 7 (6.7%) had severe sarcopenia. In the bivariate analysis, obesity was negatively associated and total time in sedentary behavior positively associated with all sarco‑penia categories. In addition, malnutrition and urinary continence were positively associated with total and probable sarcopenia. Urinary incontinence was a positive associated factor of total and probable sarcopenia. In the multivariate analysis, obesity represented a negative associated factor: OR=0.13 (0.03 - 0.57), p=0.007 and OR=0.14 (0.03 - 0.60), p=0.008 with total and probable sarcopenia, respectively, adjusted by urinary incontinence status. For confrmed sarcopenia, obesity also represented a negative associated factor OR=0.06 (0.01 - 0.99), p=0.049 and the total time in sedentary behavior a positive associated factor OR=1.10 (1.00- 1.20), p=0.040 Conclusions: According the EWGSOP2 criteria, high prevalence of sarcopenia was found in institutionalized older people, ranging from 6.7 to 81.7% depending on the category. Malnutrition, urinary incontinence and total time in sedentary behavior were associated with sarcopenia, whilst obesity represented a protective factor in this population