Sarcopenia
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:excercise intervention
Control group:Routine care for sarcopenia
Sponsors
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients: (1) Age 60–85 years; (2) Meet the diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia as established by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia in 2019; (3) Conscious, vital signs stable, able to communicate normally; (4) Able to independently complete measurements such as walking speed and grip strength; (5) Signed the informed consent form and voluntarily participate in this study. 2. Patients' family members: (1) Family members of patients in the trial group. (2) Voluntarily participate in interviews and sign the informed consent form. (3) Conscious and able to clearly express their own thoughts and experiences. 3. Medical personnel: (1) Hold relevant professional qualification certificates and participate in exercise interventions for elderly patients with sarcopenia; (2) Educational background: doctors with a master's degree or above; nurses with a college degree or above; (3) Work experience: registered medical personnel with more than five years of clinical experience; (4) Voluntarily participate in interviews and sign the informed consent form. (5) Conscious and able to clearly express their own thoughts and experiences.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients: (1) Patients with critical or severe heart failure, liver dysfunction, end-stage renal dialysis, malignant tumors, or neuromuscular transmission disorders; (2) Patients with mental illness or intellectual disabilities; (3) Patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers; (4) Patients with recent surgery or other conditions preventing normal physical activity, such as those who have had knee or hip surgery; (5) Patients who have participated in supervised systematic exercise in the past three months; or have undergone hormone or immunosuppressive therapy within the past 6 months. 2. Patients' family members: (1) Those with communication difficulties; (2) Those who withdraw from the interview midway. 3. Medical staff: (1) Medical staff who are on external rotations, further training, or absent due to marital leave, maternity leave, etc.; (2) Doctors or nurses currently undergoing standardized training and/or further studies; (3) Those who do not consent to audio recording; (4) Those who withdraw from the interview midway.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| grip strength;feasibility; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| safety;appendicular skeletal muscle index;6m walking speed;acceptability;effectiveness;patient exercise intention;Observability of Intervention;5 times sit up tests;calf circumference; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWei Lin
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed