Open AccessDevelopment of a Japanese version of the SARC-F for diabetic patients: an examination of reliability and validity
Author(s) -
Satoshi Ida,
Kazuya Murata,
Daiki Nakadachi,
Yuki Ishihara,
Kanako Imataka,
Akihiro Uchida,
Kou Monguchi,
Ryutaro Kaneko,
Ryoko Fujiwara,
Hiroka Takahashi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aging clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1720-8319
pISSN - 1594-0667
DOI - 10.1007/s40520-016-0668-5
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , medicine , kappa , reliability (semiconductor) , predictive value , cohen's kappa , positive predicative value , physical therapy , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
SARC-F is a 5-item, self-administered questionnaire developed to screen sarcopenia. To date, no Japanese version of the SARC-F has been developed.