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Handgrip strength, dynapenia, and mental health in older Koreans.
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- Association Between Handgrip Strength and Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- The handgrip strength and risk of depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
- Relationship Between Weight, Muscle Mass, Cardiorespiratory Endurance, and Likelihood of Dynapenia in Older Adults.Journal of aging research · 2026Article
- Segmental bioimpedance and anthropometry improve machine learning prediction of grip strength in healthy young adults.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Association between handgrip strength to Cystatin C ratio and hearing loss: insights from the CHARLS study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia and dynapenia are associated with depression rather than anxiety in Chinese hemodialysis patients.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Dynapenia, Pre-Sarcopenia, and Sarcopenia in Korean Adults: A Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Dynapenia is associated with a higher risk of depressive symptoms among older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The relationship between sleep quality and depressive symptoms in older adults: the mediated role of muscle strength (dynapenia).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Grip Strength, Anthropometric Indices, and Their Combination in Screening for Metabolic Syndrome in the Korean Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of a smartphone-based physical intervention on depression, fitness factors and movement characteristics in adults.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effect of Frailty on Depression among Patients with Late-life Depression: A Test of Anger, Anxiety, and Resilience as Mediators.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
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- Prevalence and factors associated with dynapenia among middle-aged and elderly people in rural southern China.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Association of smoking cessation with dynapenia among older lifetime smokers in Korea.Tobacco induced diseases · 2024Article
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- Hand Grip Strength, Osteoporosis, and Quality of Life in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Do lifestyle, anthropometric and demographic factors associated with muscle strength differ in a UK and Japanese cohort? An exploratory analysis.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Better Handgrip Strength Is Related to the Lower Prevalence of Pain and Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The relationships between physical function, nutrition, cognitive function, depression, and sleep quality for facility-dwelling older adults with dynapenia.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study examined associations between muscle strength and mental health among 2,652 elderly Koreans who participated in the 2015 and 2017 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We measured absolute handgrip strength and calculated handgrip strength relative to body mass index. Dynapenia criteria followed that of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia. Questionnaires were used to assess mental health indicators including suicidal ideation, depressed mood, and stress status. Among participants, 18.6%, 14.9%, and 6.7% reported stress, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation, respectively. Dynapenia prevalence was 25.1%. Adjusted odds ratios of stress, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation for men with dynapenia were 2.15, 2.30, and 2.11, respectively. Significant associations were absent among women. For men, handgrip strength and relative handgrip strength were inversely associated with risk of stress, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation. For women, handgrip strength and relative handgrip strength were inversely associated with the risk of stress, but not of depressed mood and suicidal ideation. In conclusion, all muscle-strength indices were associated with mental health risks among older men. In older women, low handgrip strength and relative handgrip strength were associated with increased stress. Muscle strength could be a clinical marker of poor mental health in older adults.
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