Knowledge, awareness, beliefs, attitudes, current practices, and perceptions of responsibility to the identification and management of sarcopenia among Australian general practitioners and practice nurses: A national survey
Primary care clinicians in Australia are familiar with and have some intuitive understanding of, and positive attitudes/beliefs toward sarcopenia, recognising they should play a key role in identifying/managing it, but report it's not a priority, they lack knowledge, confidence, referral options, appropriate tools and time to address it in practice.
Authors
- Jackson J. Fyfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9541-2336)
- Brenton J. Baguley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3974-8107)
- Robin M. Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-1598)
- Nicole Kiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-9834)
- David Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-1972)
- Michael Tieland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-7131)
- Ramesh Manocha
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2025.105923
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33