Objectives: to validate the MSRA questionnaire proposed as prescreening tool for sarcopenia, in a population of community-dwelling elderly subjects. Design: observational study. Setting: community dwelling elderly subjects. Participants: 274 community dwelling elderly subjects, 177 women and 97 men, aged 66-78 years. Measurements: Based on EWGSOP diagnostic criteria subjects were classified as sarcopenic and nonsarcopenic. The Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA) questionnaire, is composed of seven questions and investigates anamnestic and nutritional characteristics related to risk of sarcopenia onset (age, protein and dairy products consumption, number of meals per day, physical activity level, number of hospitalizations and weight loss in the last year). Results: 33.5% of the study population, were classified as sarcopenic. With the 7-item MSRA score, subjects with a score of 30 or less, had a 4-fold greater risk of being sarcopenic than subjects with a score higher than 30 (OR:4.20;95% CI:2.26â8.06); area under the ROC curve was 0.786 (95% CI:0.725-0.847). In a logistic regression, considering as dependent variable the probability of being sarcopenic, and as independent variables the 7 items of the questionnaire, two items (number of meals and milk and dairy products consumption) showed non-significant diagnostic power. A 5-item score was then derived and the area under the ROC curve was 0.789 (95% IC:0.728-0.851). Taking into account the cost of false positive and false negative costs and the prevalence of sarcopenia, the âoptimalâ threshold of the original MSRA score (based on 7 items) is 30, with a sensitivity of 0.804 and a specificity of 0.505, while the âoptimalâ threshold of the MSRA score based on 5 items, is 45, with a sensitivity of 0.804 and a specificity of 0.604. Conclusion: this preliminary study shows that the MSRA questionnaire is predictive of sarcopenia and can be suggested as prescreening instrument to detect this condition. The use of a short form of the MSRA questionnaire improves the capacity to identify sarcopenic subjects.
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 | |
Titolo: | Assessing the risk of sarcopenia in the elderly: The Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA) questionnaire | |
Autori: | Rossi, Andrea P.; Micciolo, R.; Rubele, S.; Fantin, F.; Caliari, C.; Zoico, E.; Mazzali, G.; Ferrari, E.; Volpato, S.; Zamboni, M. | |
Rivista: | THE JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, HEALTH & AGING | |
Keywords: | muscle strength; risk factor assessment; Sarcopenia; Aged; Exercise; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Muscle Strength; Prevalence; ROC Curve; Risk Assessment; Sarcopenia; Surveys and Questionnaires; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics; Geriatrics and Gerontology | |
Abstract in inglese: | Objectives: to validate the MSRA questionnaire proposed as prescreening tool for sarcopenia, in a population of community-dwelling elderly subjects. Design: observational study. Setting: community dwelling elderly subjects. Participants: 274 community dwelling elderly subjects, 177 women and 97 men, aged 66-78 years. Measurements: Based on EWGSOP diagnostic criteria subjects were classified as sarcopenic and nonsarcopenic. The Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA) questionnaire, is composed of seven questions and investigates anamnestic and nutritional characteristics related to risk of sarcopenia onset (age, protein and dairy products consumption, number of meals per day, physical activity level, number of hospitalizations and weight loss in the last year). Results: 33.5% of the study population, were classified as sarcopenic. With the 7-item MSRA score, subjects with a score of 30 or less, had a 4-fold greater risk of being sarcopenic than subjects with a score higher than 30 (OR:4.20;95% CI:2.26â8.06); area under the ROC curve was 0.786 (95% CI:0.725-0.847). In a logistic regression, considering as dependent variable the probability of being sarcopenic, and as independent variables the 7 items of the questionnaire, two items (number of meals and milk and dairy products consumption) showed non-significant diagnostic power. A 5-item score was then derived and the area under the ROC curve was 0.789 (95% IC:0.728-0.851). Taking into account the cost of false positive and false negative costs and the prevalence of sarcopenia, the âoptimalâ threshold of the original MSRA score (based on 7 items) is 30, with a sensitivity of 0.804 and a specificity of 0.505, while the âoptimalâ threshold of the MSRA score based on 5 items, is 45, with a sensitivity of 0.804 and a specificity of 0.604. Conclusion: this preliminary study shows that the MSRA questionnaire is predictive of sarcopenia and can be suggested as prescreening instrument to detect this condition. The use of a short form of the MSRA questionnaire improves the capacity to identify sarcopenic subjects. | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1007/s12603-017-0921-4 | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2381635 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista |