Sharing our research at EuGMS 2022

Several members of the AGE Research Group attended the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) 2022 conference, which was held in London on 28th to 30th September. For many in the group, the conference was a welcome opportunity to return to in-person conferencing after the COVID pandemic, and an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues from across the UK and beyond.

Prof Avan Sayer chaired a packed main hall for the session on Sarcopenia and Frailty – What Every Clinician Needs to Know. Talks from Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft (Spain), Matteo Cesari (Italy) were highlights, and Prof Miles Witham presented on “RCTs for sarcopenia and frailty – forging or faltering ahead?”.

Other meeting highlights included sessions on the biology of Ageing, translational research, social media use and the launch of the World Falls Guidelines – a landmark achievement to improve the care of older people globally.

The audience joined in a round of applause as a touching tribute in remembrance of our colleague Dr Richard Dodds, who was fondly remembered by his many friends and colleagues in the European geriatric medicine community.

We were delighted to be able to showcase the breadth of our research with 5 oral presentations and 6 posters accepted:

Oral Presentations

• Cross-sectional associations between glycaemic measures and skeletal muscle strength: findings from UK Biobank– presented by Antoneta Granic
• Combinations of long-term conditions associated with increased risk of sarcopenia: a classification tree analysis in UK Biobank – presented by Susan Hillman
• Physical activity profiles of older people living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and a recent deterioration in health: findings from the LiLL-OPM study – presented by Chris Hurst
• Introducing the ART of Healthy Ageing network: an exciting new opportunity to catalyse translational ageing research – presented by Miles Witham on behalf of the ART of Healthy Ageing network
• Differences in pathways of care with age, deprivation and multimorbidity during hospital admission for patients with COPD –findings from the ADMISSION collaborative – presented by Miles Witham on behalf of ADMISSION
• How does duration of lookback in Electronic Health Records affect diagnosis capture for patients with COPD and multiple long-term conditions? Findings from the ADMISSION collaborative – presented by Miles Witham on behalf of ADMISSION

Posters

• Attitudes and barriers towards resistance exercise training in older adults living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and a recent deterioration in health – presented by Chris Hurst
• Do we need to apply different cut-points to SARC-F depending on the characteristics of our population? Findings from the Newcastle SarcScreen project – presented by Mo Osman
• Exploring appetite loss in older age: insights from a qualitative study – presented by Lorelle Dismore
• Engaging older adults living with frailty, multiple long-term conditions and a recent deterioration in health in research: findings from the Lifestyle in Later Life –Older People’s Medicine (LiLL-OPM) Study – presented by Lorelle Dismore
• Lifetime BMI and grip strength in midlife: exploring the complex life course associations between obesity and muscle in the 1970 British Cohort Study – presented by Rachel Cooper.
• Effects of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Precursors on Physical Function and Frailty: A Systematic Review – presented by Fred Barker

All who attended commented on the vibrant atmosphere of the conference and returned with new ideas, contacts and enthusiasm to continue our group research in Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multiple long-term conditions.

Last modified: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:23:07 GMT