German Version of SARC-F: Translation, Adaption, and Validation

German Version of SARC-F: Translation, Adaption, and Validation

Translation, adaptation, and validation of the German version of the SARC-F for community-dwelling older adults in Germany. Cross-sectional. 117 community-dwelling outpatients with a mean age of 79.1 ± 5.2 years were included in the study; 94 (80.4%) of them were female. Sixty-three (53.8%) had a po...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2020-06, Vol.21 (6), p.747-751.e1
Hauptverfasser: Drey, Michael, Ferrari, Uta, Schraml, Marina, Kemmler, Wolfgang, Schoene, Daniel, Franke, Anna, Freiberger, Ellen, Kob, Robert, Sieber, Cornel
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Sprache:eng
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German
SARC-F
sarcopenia
screening
translation
validation
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Zusammenfassung:Translation, adaptation, and validation of the German version of the SARC-F for community-dwelling older adults in Germany. Cross-sectional. 117 community-dwelling outpatients with a mean age of 79.1 ± 5.2 years were included in the study; 94 (80.4%) of them were female. Sixty-three (53.8%) had a positive SARC-F score of ≥4 points. According to the definition of sarcopenia from the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2), 8 patients (6.8%) were identified as sarcopenic and 57 (48.7%) as probable sarcopenic. According to EWGSOP2, probable sarcopenia was defined for patients with reduced hand grip strength (women:
ISSN:1525-8610
1538-9375
DOI:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.12.011