Geriatric Syndromes in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common inflammatory disorder in the elderly. Geriatric syndromes as losses in activities of daily living, fraility, nutritional deficits and sarcopenia were conditions that become increasingly prevalent with age. Whilist PMR is a disease mostly affects geriatric population, there is a scarce data about PMR and possible accompanying geriatric syndromes. We examined prevalence of the accompanying geriatric syndromes in PMR patients and compare with age (±