Polish version of SARC-F to assess sarcopenia in older adults: An examination of reliability and validity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

SARC-F is a quick questionnaire recommended as a screening tool for sarcopenia. The aim of the study was to translate, adapt, and validate the Polish version of the SARC-F for community-dwelling older adults in Poland.

Materials and methods

We included 160 Polish volunteers aged ≥ 60 years (44% of men). The Polish version of SARC-F was adapted following standardized forward-backward translation procedure. SARC-F was validated against the six sets of diagnostic criteria as the reference standards [developed independently by European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People1 (EWGSOP1), European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People2 (EWGSOP2), Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Sarcopenia Project, Asia Working Group for Sarcopenia (AW

SUBMITTER: Krzyminska-Siemaszko R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7751882 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature