TY - JOUR
T1 - Current knowledge and practice of Australian and New Zealand health-care professionals in sarcopenia diagnosis and treatment
T2 - Time to move forward!
AU - Yeung, Suey S Y
AU - Reijnierse, Esmee M
AU - Trappenburg, Marijke C
AU - Meskers, Carel G M
AU - Maier, Andrea B
N1 - © 2019 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To describe the current knowledge and practice of sarcopenia diagnosis and treatment among health-care professionals before, directly after and 6 months after a professional development event on sarcopenia.METHODS: This longitudinal study included Australian and New Zealand health-care professionals who completed questionnaires on knowledge, practice and barriers regarding sarcopenia before, directly after and 6 months after attending a professional development event on sarcopenia.RESULTS: A total of 250 professionals participated; 84 completed the 6-month questionnaires. Before, directly after and at 6 months, respectively, 14.7%, 93.4% and 59.5% identified sarcopenia as a disease; 2.0%, 79.6% and 38.1% correctly answered the sex-specific cut-offs for low handgrip strength. Respectively, 12.0% and 14.3% reported to make sarcopenia diagnoses as part of their practice before and at 6 months.CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge about sarcopenia is limited among health-care professionals who attended a professional development event. Retention of knowledge remains a challenge to be addressed.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To describe the current knowledge and practice of sarcopenia diagnosis and treatment among health-care professionals before, directly after and 6 months after a professional development event on sarcopenia.METHODS: This longitudinal study included Australian and New Zealand health-care professionals who completed questionnaires on knowledge, practice and barriers regarding sarcopenia before, directly after and 6 months after attending a professional development event on sarcopenia.RESULTS: A total of 250 professionals participated; 84 completed the 6-month questionnaires. Before, directly after and at 6 months, respectively, 14.7%, 93.4% and 59.5% identified sarcopenia as a disease; 2.0%, 79.6% and 38.1% correctly answered the sex-specific cut-offs for low handgrip strength. Respectively, 12.0% and 14.3% reported to make sarcopenia diagnoses as part of their practice before and at 6 months.CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge about sarcopenia is limited among health-care professionals who attended a professional development event. Retention of knowledge remains a challenge to be addressed.
KW - diagnosis
KW - health personnel
KW - knowledge
KW - sarcopenia
KW - therapy
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12730
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12730
M3 - Article
C2 - 31617296
SN - 1440-6381
VL - 39
SP - e185-e193
JO - Australasian Journal on Ageing
JF - Australasian Journal on Ageing
IS - 2
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