https://mediterraneanjournals.com/index.php/na/issue/feed 2022-06-14T20:33:33+00:00 Nursing Archives na@mediterraneanjournals.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Nursing Archives</strong> is an international open-access peer-reviewed journal, based on a continuous publication model, and aims to publish original works of high quality, from MENA region countries, covering all nursing sciences.</p> https://mediterraneanjournals.com/index.php/na/article/view/658 2022-06-14T20:33:33+00:00 Anastasia Pana natasa_pana@yahoo.com Panayota Sourtzi psourtzi@nurs.uoa.gr Athina Kalokairinou athkal@nurs.uoa.gr Venetia Sofia Velonaki venvel@nurs.uoa.gr

<p>Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle strength and mass with age, is becoming more frequent among older people and is recognized as a risk factor for falls, disability, and mortality. Sarcopenia can be prevented, delayed, treated, and sometimes even reversed using effective interventions such as early detection. Available screening tools implemented by health professionals can contribute to the early recognition of people at risk for sarcopenia. In this review, we discuss the vital role of nurses, as gatekeepers to care, in the screening process of sarcopenia and the concept of screening as being a part of the professional nursing autonomous roles by presenting the existing evidence regarding the contribution of nurses in the screening interventions for sarcopenia.</p>

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