Diagnostic accuracy analysis of SARC‐F, its modified versions and the Quality of Life in Sarcopenia questionnaire in screening for sarcopenia in nursing home residents
Hilal ŞİMŞEK, Aslı UÇAR · 2024
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Description
Hilal Şimşek and Aslı Uçar compare screening tools for muscle loss in a 2024 study. Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass and strength with age, is common in nursing homes. A short questionnaire called SARC-F is the standard first screen, but its accuracy is weak.
The study covered 195 nursing home residents, about a third of whom had sarcopenia by full testing. The standard questionnaire performed worst of all tools tried, barely better than chance. A quality-of-life scale for the condition performed best, with fair sensitivity and specificity at its cutoff. Versions of SARC-F that add calf size also beat the plain version. The authors suggest the life-quality scale deserves study as a screening tool in its own right.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hilal ŞİMŞEK, Aslı UÇAR |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |