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ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2019

Accuracy and prognostic ability of the SARC-F questionnaire and Ishii's score in the screening of sarcopenia in geriatric inpatients.

Min Li, Yan Kong, Hongcun Chen, Aiqin Chu, Guiqi Song, Yan Cui

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Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Min LiSchool of Humanities and Social Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6246-2735
Yan KongSchool of Humanities and Social Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-5249
Hongcun ChenDepartment of General Surgery, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei Hospital Affiliated to Medical University of Anhui, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9832-7786
Aiqin ChuThe First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-2803
Guiqi SongThe First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4540-0062
Yan CuiSchool of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7536-6136

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Abstract

Sarcopenia remains poorly managed in clinical practice due to the lack of simple and accurate screening tools. This study aimed to identify the cutoff values of the SARC-F questionnaire and Ishii's score using the variables age, grip strength, and calf circumference in older inpatients in China to compare the accuracy of the two methods and to explore their predictive ability for adverse outcomes (rehospitalization, falls, fracture, and death). Hospitalized patients (n=138) aged ≥60 years were included. The accuracy of the two tools was evaluated using the reference diagnosis recommended by the Asian Working Group on Sarcopenia (assessing patients with measurements of muscle mass, handgrip strength, and usual gait speed). Follow-up data were obtained by telephone and clinical visits combined with the inpatient medical record system after discharge for at least one year. The results showed that the SARC-F score reached the highest Youden's index when a score of 3 was set as the cutoff value. Ishii's score presented a higher accuracy than SARC-F (area under the receiver operating curve: 0.78 vs 0.64, P=0.01). The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated a higher cumulative incidence of rehospitalization in sarcopenic individuals compared to non-sarcopenic individuals according to SARC-F (log-rank test, P<0.001). Cox analysis revealed that SARC-F was an independent risk factor for rehospitalization (adjusted hazard ratio: 4.23, 95%CI: 2.12-9.79, P<0.001). The SARC-F and Ishii's scores might facilitate the early detection of sarcopenia and help identify older adults at risk for adverse outcomes in clinical practice.

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Body Mass IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHand StrengthHumansInpatientsKaplan-Meier EstimateMalePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsSarcopenia

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