학술논문
Handgrip strength and risk of malnutrition are associated with an increased risk of hospitalizations in inflammatory bowel disease patients
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, Vol 16 (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1756-2848
17562848
17562848
Abstract
Background: In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), frailty is independently associated with mortality and morbidity. Objectives: This study aimed to extend this work to determine the association between the clinical frailty scale (CFS), handgrip strength (HGS), and malnutrition with IBD-related hospitalizations and surgeries. Design: IBD patients ⩾18 years of age were prospectively enrolled from two ambulatory care clinics in Alberta, Canada. Methods: Frailty was defined as a CFS score ⩾4, dynapenia as HGS