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Ozlem Yilmaz1, Cihan Kilic2, Nefise Seker3
1Internal Medicine Division of Geriatrics, Health Science University Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Objectives:
To validate the Turkish versions of the Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA-5 and MSRA-7) questionnaires among older adults.
Methods:
In this cross-sectional study of 267 participants (aged 65-89 years), MSRA-5 and MSRA-7 were translated and culturally adapted. Reliability was evaluated by Cronbach's α and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Diagnostic accuracy was assessed against national and international sarcopenia criteria using ROC analysis.
Results:
Cronbach's α was 0.65; ICC for MSRA-5 and MSRA-7 were 0.86 and 0.73, respectively. AUC values were 0.78 (MSRA-5) and 0.74 (MSRA-7) with optimal cut-offs ≤45 and ≤30 (p < 0.001). Sensitivity and NPV for Turkish BMI criterion were 79.7% and 98.8%.
Conclusion:
The Turkish MSRA-5 and MSRA-7 demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity as preliminary screening tools for sarcopenia among community-dwelling older adults.
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