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Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Background: Depression remains an important health problem among older adults and it may be correlated with the deterioration of physical fitness, whose chief indicator is hand grip strength (HGS). The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between depression and HGS among older popula...

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Autores principales: Zasadzka, Ewa, Pieczyńska, Anna, Trzmiel, Tomasz, Kleka, Paweł, Pawlaczyk, Mariola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8124581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33946502
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094823
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author Zasadzka, Ewa
Pieczyńska, Anna
Trzmiel, Tomasz
Kleka, Paweł
Pawlaczyk, Mariola
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Pieczyńska, Anna
Trzmiel, Tomasz
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description Background: Depression remains an important health problem among older adults and it may be correlated with the deterioration of physical fitness, whose chief indicator is hand grip strength (HGS). The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between depression and HGS among older populations using the available literature. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science and Science Direct databases were searched. The inclusion criteria were as follows: written in English and published after 2009, subject age: ≥60 years, HGS measured using a hand dynamometer, assessment of the depressive symptoms using a validated tool. The following articles were excluded: studies conducted among institutionalized subjects and/or populations with a specific disease. Results: The total combined effect of 33 results presented in 16 studies included in the meta-analysis, converted to the correlation coefficient, was OEr = −0.148 (SE = 0.030, 95%CI: −0.206–−0.091), indicating a weak, negative correlation between HGS and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: The review of the literature and the meta-analysis demonstrated a relationship between low muscle strength and intensified depressive symptoms in older populations. Bearing in mind that depression is often unrecognized or underdiagnosed among older patients, lowered muscle strength should be an important sign for physicians and an incentive to screen them for depression.
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spelling pubmed-81245812021-05-17 Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis Zasadzka, Ewa Pieczyńska, Anna Trzmiel, Tomasz Kleka, Paweł Pawlaczyk, Mariola Int J Environ Res Public Health Systematic Review Background: Depression remains an important health problem among older adults and it may be correlated with the deterioration of physical fitness, whose chief indicator is hand grip strength (HGS). The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between depression and HGS among older populations using the available literature. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science and Science Direct databases were searched. The inclusion criteria were as follows: written in English and published after 2009, subject age: ≥60 years, HGS measured using a hand dynamometer, assessment of the depressive symptoms using a validated tool. The following articles were excluded: studies conducted among institutionalized subjects and/or populations with a specific disease. Results: The total combined effect of 33 results presented in 16 studies included in the meta-analysis, converted to the correlation coefficient, was OEr = −0.148 (SE = 0.030, 95%CI: −0.206–−0.091), indicating a weak, negative correlation between HGS and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: The review of the literature and the meta-analysis demonstrated a relationship between low muscle strength and intensified depressive symptoms in older populations. Bearing in mind that depression is often unrecognized or underdiagnosed among older patients, lowered muscle strength should be an important sign for physicians and an incentive to screen them for depression. MDPI 2021-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8124581/ /pubmed/33946502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094823 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pawlaczyk, Mariola
Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
title Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
title_full Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
title_fullStr Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
title_short Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults—A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis
title_sort correlation between handgrip strength and depression in older adults—a systematic review and a meta-analysis
topic Systematic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8124581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33946502
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094823
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