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Prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with geriatric depression diagnosis

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-018-01957-7

Published Online: 2019-01-04

Published Print: 2019-08

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Olgun Yazar, Hülya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-6092
Yazar, Tamer
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Received: 4 October 2018

Accepted: 14 December 2018

First Online: 4 January 2019

Compliance with ethical standards

: To complete this study with the aim of determining the prevalence of sarcopenia among GD patients monitored at Ordu University Education and Research Hospital and Ordu State Hospital neurology clinics, permission was obtained from General secretary of Ordu Provincial Union of Public Hospitals and Ordu University Education and Research Hospital ethics committee with 2018/85 decision number. Participation in the research was on a voluntary basis, with no names written on data collection forms. Patients and patient relatives were informed that information collected would not be used apart from the aims of the research. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

: The authors would like to thank to Dr. Yeliz KAŞKO ARICI (Bioistatistics and Medical Informatics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University) for her help with the stastistical analyses of this manuscript.