Sabine Goisser

Universität Heidelberg · Center for Geriatric Medicine

Purpose To conduct a scoping review to provide a systematic overview of outcomes used in nutritional intervention studies focused on the treatment of protein-energy malnutrition in older adults. Methods A systematic search of four electronic databases (Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) was perform...

Die Vorstellungen alter Menschen hinsichtlich ihrer Ernährung und Ernährungsversorgung sind unter anderem zur Planung und Entwicklung von Dienstleistungsangeboten von Interesse. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es daher, diesbezügliche Wünsche und Visionen in Erfahrung zu bringen. Aus problemzentrierten Einzelinterviews mit 15 selbstständig lebende...

Background: The strength, assistance walking, rise from a chair, climb stairs, and falls (SARC-F) questionnaire is a well-established instrument for screening of sarcopenia and sarcopenia-related functional impairments. As it is based on self-reporting, its use precludes patients who are unable to answer the questionnaire as a consequence of sever...

The obesity epidemic has reached old age in most industrialized countries, but trials elucidating the benefits and risks of weight reduction in older adults above 70 years of age with obesity remain scarce. While some findings demonstrate a reduced risk of mortality and other negative health outcomes in older individuals with overweight and mild ob...

Introduction Sarcopenia has been recognised as a disease that is consistently associated with a range of geriatric syndromes and negative health consequences. The prevalence of sarcopenia is high among nursing home residents. Several systematic reviews have assessed the efficacy of a range of treatment strategies against sarcopenia. However, no sys...

Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was to identify methods used to assess medication preferences in older adults and evaluate their advantages and disadvantages with respect to their applicability to the context of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Material and methods: Three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO) were se...

Objectives: To evaluate patients' preferences for sarcopenia outcomes. Design: Discrete-choice experiment (DCE) SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Community-dwelling individuals older than 65 years suffering from sarcopenia recruited in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland, who visited the clinic and were cognitively able to understand...

Malnutrition is widespread in older people and represents a major geriatric syndrome with multifactorial etiology and severe consequences for health outcomes and quality of life. The aim of the present paper is to describe current approaches and evidence regarding malnutrition treatment and to highlight relevant knowledge gaps that need to be addre...

Objective To investigate ready-meal consumption trends in older French people, its association with overall diet quality and obesity. Design Cross-sectional analysis Setting Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT), France Subjects 421 MAPT participants (mean age 76.8 years) who filled a food frequency questionnaire. Results The frequency...

Sarkopenie, also der altersassoziierte, übermäßige Abbau von Muskelmasse, Muskelkraft und -funktion, hat seit 2016 mit M62.50 einen eigenen ICD-10-GM-Code (Internationale statistische Klassifikation der Krankheiten und verwandter Gesundheitsprobleme, 10. Revision, German Modification). Zur Diagnosestellung ist das kombinierte Vorliegen von verminde...

Background & aims: Malnutrition is widespread among older people and related to poor outcome. Reported prevalences vary widely, also because of different diagnostic criteria used. This study aimed to describe prevalences in several populations of older persons in different settings using harmonized definitions. Methods: Available studies within...

Accurate assessment of dietary intake is essential in clinical practice and research. While energy intake (EI) misreporting has been extensively studied in the general population, relatively little is known about misreporting among older people. This cross-sectional study used clinical data routinely collected in 127 participants, aged 70–96 years,...

Background: Malnutrition and dehydration are widespread in older people, and obesity is an increasing problem. In clinical practice, it is often unclear which strategies are suitable and effective in counteracting these key health threats. Aim: To provide evidence-based recommendations for clinical nutrition and hydration in older persons in ord...

Studies have shown that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are associated with brain, cardiovascular, and immune function, as well as physical performance and bone health in older adults. So far, few studies have investigated the associations between PUFA status and performance-based tests of physical function. The objective of this study...

Background & aims Studies have shown that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are associated with brain, cardiovascular and immune function, as well as physical performance and bone health in older adults. So far, few studies have highlighted the associations between PUFA status and performance-based tests of physical function. To study the...

The prevalence of malnutrition or the risk of malnourishment is high among orthogeriatric patients and a poor nutritional status is associated with a negative outcome. A comprehensive management of preoperative and postoperative nutritional and fluid intake in these patients can help to improve the situation. The management includes identification...

Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine the effect of whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) on sarcopenic obesity (SO) in community-dwelling women more than 70 years with sarcopenic obesity. Methods: Seventy-five community-dwelling women ≥70 years with SO were randomly allocated to either a WB-EMS-application with (WB-EMS &P; 24....

Hintergrund Bei den üblichen Analysen von altersstandardisierten Mortalitätsraten lassen sich Entwicklungen in der Sterb-lichkeit und in der Altersverteilung der Bevölkerung über längere Zeiträume nicht getrennt erkennen. Auch Trends in der Sterblichkeit jüngerer Altersgruppen sind wegen kleiner Fallzahlen in standardisierten Raten kaum erkennbar....

Inadequate nutritional intake is an important modifiable risk factor for frailty. Existing evidence supports the importance of adequate dietary quantity and especially quality to ensure sufficient intakes of energy, protein and micronutrients. However, to date no nutritional intervention or supplementation concept has emerged as being effective for...

Introduction: Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is characterized by the combination of low muscle and high fat mass. Physical exercise may prevent or even restore SO, however, sports participation of most elderly people failed to reach corresponding exercise recommendations. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of time efficient and joint-friendl...

Although sarcopenia represents a challenging burden for health care systems around the world, its prevalence in the elderly population varies widely. The primary aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of sarcopenia in community-dwelling (CD) German women aged 70 years and older; the secondary aim was to assess the effect of osteoarthritis...

One of the many threats to independent life is the age-related loss of muscle mass and muscle function commonly referred to as sarcopenia. Another important health risk in old age leading to functional decline is obesity. Obesity prevalence in older persons is increasing, and like sarcopenia, severe obesity has been consistently associated with sev...

We examined the relationship between postoperative dietary intake (DI) of geriatric hip fracture (HF) patients and their functional and clinical course until 6 months after hospital discharge. In eighty-eight HF patients ≥ 75 years, postoperative DI was estimated with plate diagrams of main meals over four postoperative days. DI was stratified as >...

Hip fractures (HFs) in old age frequently cause severe functional impairment and deteriorating autonomy in everyday life. Many older patients with HFs are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. In this study, we examined the relationship between nutritional status of geriatric patients before HF and their functional and clinical course up to 6 mo...

BACKGROUND: Since the analysis of age-adjusted mortality rates and secular trends is mostly determined by the mortality of older age groups and may conceal shifts in younger age groups we examined age-specific mortality rates and secular trends in mortality data recorded in the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and in Germany from 1980 to 2007. METHODS:...

Secular trends in mortality from 1980 - 2007 in Germany and Baden-Württemberg shown in death cause-specific time series for women and men in different age groups.