Abstract
Health-related Quality of Life and Muscle Functions among Pre-frail Elderly Outpatients: Stronger Correlation with Gait Speed than Handgrip Strength
Highlights
Frail elderly has an increased risk of having debilitating health outcomes that lead to poor health-related quality of life (HR-QoL)
This study showed that gait speed among pre-frail elderly outpatients had stronger correlation with HR-QoL than handgrip strength
Handgrip strength is considered as basic component of physical function hierarchy, whereas gait speed is the first level of integration of physical function hierarchy [4]
Summary
Frail elderly has an increased risk of having debilitating health outcomes that lead to poor health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between muscle functions and HR-QoL among pre-frail elderly outpatients. Frail elderly has an increased risk of having debilitating health outcomes (e.g. falls, worsening mobility, disability, and hospitalization) that lead to poor health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) [1,2]. HR-QoL is a multidimensional subjective measure that focus on the quality of functioning (e.g. physical, emotion, social, and role functioning) and pain which affect health status, satisfaction, and happiness in daily life. Freedom from pain, functional status (i.e. ability to do daily activities), and mobility are the main factors that contribute to HR-QoL in the elderly [2,4]. It is expected that improvement of physical performance is in line with improvement of HR-QoL [4]
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