Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory disorder in the elderly. Geriatric syndromes as losses in activities of daily living, fraility, nutritional deficits and sarcopenia were conditions that become increasingly prevalent with age. Whilist PMR is a disease mostly affects geriatric population, there is a scarce data about PMR and possible accompanying geriatric syndromes. We examined prevalence of the accompanying geriatric syndromes in PMR patients and compare with age (±
Authors: Mert Öztaş, Veysel Suzan
Institutions: Acıbadem University, İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Language: English
Topic: Frailty in Older Adults
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411612848