SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women

(1) Background: The objective of the present study was to determine the ability of the SARC-F questionnaire to identify individuals at risk of falling among middle-aged and older community-dwelling postmenopausal women. (2) Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 157 women (70....

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Autores principales:	María Alzar-Teruel, Fidel Hita-Contreras, Antonio Martínez-Amat, María Leyre Lavilla-Lerma, Raquel Fábrega-Cuadros, José Daniel Jiménez-García, Agustín Aibar-Almazán
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	sarcopenia fear of falling balance confidence anxiety depression Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:42b912f78cd14cf795c54ca3c2a68b762021-11-11T16:40:58ZSARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women10.3390/ijerph1821115701660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/42b912f78cd14cf795c54ca3c2a68b762021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11570https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601(1) Background: The objective of the present study was to determine the ability of the SARC-F questionnaire to identify individuals at risk of falling among middle-aged and older community-dwelling postmenopausal women. (2) Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 157 women (70.80 ± 8.37 years). The SARC-F questionnaire was used to screen for risk of sarcopenia. Fear of falling and balance confidence, as measured by the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and the Activities-Specific balance Scale-16 items (ABC-16) respectively, were used to assess risk of falling. Anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale), body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and sleep duration were also determined. (3) Results: Logistic regression showed that higher risk of falling as assessed by FES-I was associated with higher SARC-F scores (OR = 1.656), anxiety levels (OR = 1.147), and age (OR = 1.060), while increased SARC-F scores (OR = 1.612), fatigue (OR = 1.044), and shorter sleep duration (OR = 0.75) were related to ABC-16 scores. In addition, a SARC-F cutoff of 1.50 (83.33% sensitivity and 59.13% specificity) and 3.50 (44.44% sensitivity and 89.26% specificity) were shown to be able to discriminate participants at risk of falling according to the FES-I and the ABC-16, respectively. (4) Conclusions: our results show that SARC-F is an independent predictor of the risk of falling among middle-aged and older community-dwelling postmenopausal women.María Alzar-TeruelFidel Hita-ContrerasAntonio Martínez-AmatMaría Leyre Lavilla-LermaRaquel Fábrega-CuadrosJosé Daniel Jiménez-GarcíaAgustín Aibar-AlmazánMDPI AGarticlesarcopeniafear of fallingbalance confidenceanxietydepressionMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11570, p 11570 (2021)
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spellingShingle	sarcopenia fear of falling balance confidence anxiety depression Medicine R María Alzar-Teruel Fidel Hita-Contreras Antonio Martínez-Amat María Leyre Lavilla-Lerma Raquel Fábrega-Cuadros José Daniel Jiménez-García Agustín Aibar-Almazán SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women
description	(1) Background: The objective of the present study was to determine the ability of the SARC-F questionnaire to identify individuals at risk of falling among middle-aged and older community-dwelling postmenopausal women. (2) Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 157 women (70.80 ± 8.37 years). The SARC-F questionnaire was used to screen for risk of sarcopenia. Fear of falling and balance confidence, as measured by the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and the Activities-Specific balance Scale-16 items (ABC-16) respectively, were used to assess risk of falling. Anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale), body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and sleep duration were also determined. (3) Results: Logistic regression showed that higher risk of falling as assessed by FES-I was associated with higher SARC-F scores (OR = 1.656), anxiety levels (OR = 1.147), and age (OR = 1.060), while increased SARC-F scores (OR = 1.612), fatigue (OR = 1.044), and shorter sleep duration (OR = 0.75) were related to ABC-16 scores. In addition, a SARC-F cutoff of 1.50 (83.33% sensitivity and 59.13% specificity) and 3.50 (44.44% sensitivity and 89.26% specificity) were shown to be able to discriminate participants at risk of falling according to the FES-I and the ABC-16, respectively. (4) Conclusions: our results show that SARC-F is an independent predictor of the risk of falling among middle-aged and older community-dwelling postmenopausal women.
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author	María Alzar-Teruel Fidel Hita-Contreras Antonio Martínez-Amat María Leyre Lavilla-Lerma Raquel Fábrega-Cuadros José Daniel Jiménez-García Agustín Aibar-Almazán
author_facet	María Alzar-Teruel Fidel Hita-Contreras Antonio Martínez-Amat María Leyre Lavilla-Lerma Raquel Fábrega-Cuadros José Daniel Jiménez-García Agustín Aibar-Almazán
author_sort	María Alzar-Teruel
title	SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women
title_short	SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women
title_full	SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women
title_fullStr	SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women
title_full_unstemmed	SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women
title_sort	sarc-f and the risk of falling in middle-aged and older community-dwelling postmenopausal women
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/42b912f78cd14cf795c54ca3c2a68b76
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SARC-F and the Risk of Falling in Middle-Aged and Older Community-Dwelling Postmenopausal Women

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