The Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) sarcopenia diagnosis and management task force: Findings from the consumer expert Delphi process

Jesse Zanker; Marc Sim; Kate Anderson; Saliu Balogun; Sharon L Brennan-Olsen; Elsa Dent; Gustavo Duque; Christian M Girgis; Mathis Grossmann; Alan Hayes; Tim Henwood; Vasant Hirani; Charles Inderjeeth; Sandra Iuliano; Justin Keogh; See article full text for complete list of authors

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The Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) sarcopenia diagnosis and management task force: Findings from the consumer expert Delphi process

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The Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) sarcopenia diagnosis and management task force: Findings from the consumer expert Delphi process

Jesse Zanker, Marc Sim, Kate Anderson, Saliu Balogun, Sharon L Brennan-Olsen, Elsa Dent, Gustavo Duque, Christian M Girgis, Mathis Grossmann, Alan Hayes, …

Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol.42(1), pp.251-257

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13164

PMID: 36480154

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geriatric assessment

community-based participatory research

sarcopenia

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

Objectives: To develop guidelines, informed by health-care consumer values and preferences, for sarcopenia prevention, assessment and management for use by clinicians and researchers in Australia and New Zealand. Methods: A three-phase Consumer Expert Delphi process was undertaken between July 2020 and August 2021. Consumer experts included adults with lived experience of sarcopenia or health-care utilisation. Phase 1 involved a structured meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Management Task Force and consumer representatives from which the Phase 2 survey was developed. In Phase 2, consumers from Australia and New Zealand were surveyed online with opinions sought on sarcopenia outcome priorities, consultation preferences and interventions. Findings were confirmed and disseminated in Phase 3. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed. Results: Twenty-four consumers (mean ± standard deviation age 67.5 ± 12.8 years, 18 women) participated in Phase 2. Ten (42%) identified as being interested in sarcopenia, 7 (29%) were health-care consumers and 6 (25%) self-reported having/believing they have sarcopenia. Consumers identified physical performance, living circumstances, morale, quality of life and social connectedness as the most important outcomes related to sarcopenia. Consumers either had no preference (46%) or preferred their doctor (40%) to diagnose sarcopenia and preferred to undergo assessments at least yearly (54%). For prevention and treatment, 46% of consumers preferred resistance exercise, 2–3 times per week (54%). Conclusions: Consumer preferences reported in this study can inform the implementation of sarcopenia guidelines into clinical practice at local, state and national levels across Australia and New Zealand.

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Title: The Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ANZSSFR) sarcopenia diagnosis and management task force: Findings from the consumer expert Delphi process
Authors: Jesse Zanker (Corresponding Author) - Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science
Marc Sim (Author) - Edith Cowan University
Kate Anderson (Author) - Deakin University
Saliu Balogun (Author) - Australian National University
Sharon L Brennan-Olsen (Author) - Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science
Elsa Dent (Author) - Torrens University Australia
Gustavo Duque (Author) - Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science
Christian M Girgis (Author) - The University of Sydney
Mathis Grossmann (Author) - Austin Health
Alan Hayes (Author) - Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science
Tim Henwood (Author) - The University of Queensland
Vasant Hirani (Author) - The University of Sydney
Charles Inderjeeth (Author) - North Metropolitan Health Service
Sandra Iuliano (Author) - Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science
Justin Keogh (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
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Publication details: Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol.42(1), pp.251-257
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.13164
ISSN: 1741-6612; 1440-6381
PMID: 36480154
Copyright note: © 2022 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc’. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Grants: Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, RTP, Department of Education (Australia, Canberra)
Biological actions of estradiol in men, 1099173, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Frailty Trans-Disciplinary Research To Achieve Healthy Ageing, 1102208, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Mechanisms underlying adaptation to reactive balance training for falls prevention, 2003179, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Grant note: Royal Perth Hospital Career Advancement Fellowship (CAF 130/2020), National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (ID: 102817).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99695747602621
Output Type: Journal article