Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Spanish-Language Version of the SARC-F to Assess Sarcopenia in Mexican Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Parra-Rodríguez, Lorena; Szlejf, Cláudia; García-González, Ana Isabel; Malmstrom, Theodore K.; Cruz-Arenas, Esteban; Rosas-Carrasco, Óscar

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2016.09.008

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“…recognised the lowest percentage of people with sarcopenia (ten persons). In turn, based on the literature, SARC-F had low sensitivity, but high specificity and overall good diagnostic accuracy [5][6][7][8]. That was confirmed by our study for five out of six sets of international diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia (except the results related to the FNIH criteria).…”

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“…The SARC-F questionnaire developed by Malmström and Morley, and first published in 2013, appears to be the most popular screening test [4]. A range of studies has found SARC-F to be characterised by low sensitivity but high specificity [5][6][7][8]. It is stressed, though, that high sensitivity is hugely desirable for a screening test, resulting in a good ability to detect individuals who actually have the condition.…”

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Comparison of four sarcopenia screening questionnaires in community-dwelling older adults from Poland using six sets of international diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia

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Introduction There are four screening sarcopenia questionnaires (SARC-F, SARC-CalF, MSRA-5, MSRA-7). To unambiguously determine which of them is the most effective tool in community-dwelling older adults, we performed a diagnostic accuracy study. The aim of the analysis was to assess the diagnostic values of SARC-F, SARC-CalF, MSRA-5, MSRA-7 and compare their psychometric properties against six criterion standards (EWGSOP1, EWG-SOP2, FNIH, AWGS, IWGS, SCWD criteria). Materials and methods We included 100 community-dwelling volunteers aged � 65yrs. The sensitivity/specificity analyses were performed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and area under the ROC curves (AUC) were calculated to compare the overall diagnostic accuracy of the four questionnaires. Ideal screening tools should have reasonably high sensitivity and specificity, and an AUC value above 0.7.

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Comparison of four sarcopenia screening questionnaires in community-dwelling older adults from Poland using six sets of international diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia

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“…Several researchers have examined the SARC‐F's utility in detecting current sarcopenia . Woo et al .…”

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SARC‐F: A validation study with community‐dwelling older Japanese adults

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Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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Aim The SARC‐F is a useful clinical index for sarcopenia screening; however, this measure has low sensitivity. Furthermore, this tool has never been validated on community‐dwelling older Japanese adults. The goal of the present study was to validate a Japanese version of the SARC‐F and confirm its suitability for Japanese samples. Methods Participants were 734 community‐dwelling older adults in the Itabashi Ward, Japan. Bioimpedance measures, walking speed, grip strength and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) were measured. Sarcopenia was defined using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia criteria and Japanese‐adjusted Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia. SARC‐F receiver operating characteristic curves for each sarcopenia measure were used to evaluate diagnostic accuracy. Physical functioning, IADL and sarcopenia screening tools were compared with the SARC‐F. Results A total of nine men (3.1%) and 15 women (3.4%) were classified into a SARC‐F sarcopenia group. The sarcopenia group had lower physical functioning and Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment scores and higher frailty status than the control group. The Cronbach's alpha for the SARC‐F was 0.610, suggesting insufficient internal consistency. SARC‐F scores were related to physical functioning, IADL, and Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment scores. Receiver operating characteristic analyses of the SARC‐F based on each criterion showed low sensitivity, but high specificity. Conclusions The Japanese version of the SARC‐F appears to be a useful index for reflecting physical functioning and IADL. However, it is necessary to further determine whether this tool is useful for detecting sarcopenia among community‐dwelling older adults. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 1172–1178.

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“…Thus, comparisons and conclusions must be made with caution. been done for aggressive 25 and agitated [26][27][28][29] behaviors, depression, 30 neuropsychiatric symptoms, 31 morale, 32 person-centered care, 33 sarcopenia, 34,35 Pool new/existing datasets in culturally sensitive ways. Pooling (i.e., merging) data increases statistical power and the ability to compare outcomes across settings and by subgroups and countries, perhaps suggesting robust opportunities to improve care; that said, challenges to pooling data include being unable to address differences in the study populations due to, for example, no overlap in relevant variables, and lack of comparability between the items in the research instruments or their interpretation.…”

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It's Not a Small World After All

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2018

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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The article by Morris and colleagues in this issue of JAMDA, entitled "Hearing the Voice of the Resident in Long-Term Care Facilities-an Internationally Based Approach to Assessing Quality of Life," 1 underscores the importance of including residents' perspectives regarding the care they receive. InterRAI, an international research collaborative, developed a Self-Report Quality of Life Survey for Long-Term Care Facilities (SQOL-LTCF) which assesses resident perspectives on subscales reflecting social life, personal control, food, caring staff, and staff responsiveness. The results are based on reports of more than 16,000 residents who resided in 355 LTCFs; 44% of the respondents are from Belgium (residing in 70% of the LTCFs in the study), 32% are from Canada, 21% are from the United States, and fewer than 1% are from each of Poland, Estonia, South Africa, the Czech Republic, and Australia. Based on the distributions of the data, the researchers collapsed the scores (i.e., never/rarely; sometimes; most of the time; always); established benchmark standards for subscales; and compared scores to a single item (home-likeness) that was considered to represent an overall measure of "personal quality of life." This study is valuable in its findings as well as in the issues it raises inherent to cross-cultural research: with long-term care a reality around the world, to what extent is research on care systems broadly generalizable? Obtaining perspectives directly from residents is important, and since 2010 has been a standard part of screening in the U.S. Minimum Data Set 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS 3.0 RAI) for nursing homes. 2,3 However, not all residents are able to self-report, and in the interRAI effort, those with more severe cognitive impairment were excluded from participation. Although it may be challenging to "hear the voice" of these

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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Spanish-Language Version of the SARC-F to Assess Sarcopenia in Mexican Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Cited by 121 publications

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Comparison of four sarcopenia screening questionnaires in community-dwelling older adults from Poland using six sets of international diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia

Comparison of four sarcopenia screening questionnaires in community-dwelling older adults from Poland using six sets of international diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia

SARC‐F: A validation study with community‐dwelling older Japanese adults

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