Evaluation of the sarcopenia quality of life (SarQoL) questionnaire in community dwelling outpatient postmenopausal hungarian women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia is defined as an age-related progressive and systemic loss of muscle mass and function. World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health-related quality of life (QoL) states that health is considered "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity", and a decline in QoL is anticipated in individuals with sarcopenia. Beaudart et al. framed the concept of defining QoL in patients suffering from sarcopenia (SarQoL) based on fundamental procedures of QoL questionnaire development, expert recommendations and studies. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the discriminative power, internal consistency and floor and ceiling effects using data available from a sarcopenia study published recently,

SUBMITTER: Pap Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature