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MSRA
Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment
Purpose : Screning test for sarcopenia
Admin time : 5 min
User Friendly : High
Administered by : GP or nurse
Content : Available in a seven-item (MSRA-7) and five-item (MSRA-5) version.
The items of the MSRA-7 questionnaire are: (1) age, (2) the number of hospital treatment in the last year, (3) level of physical activity, (4) regular consumption of three meals a day, (5) consumption of dairy products, (6) consumption of protein, and (7) weight loss in the last year. Each item can be scored 0, 5, or 10, and the total score ≤ 30 indicates the risk of
sarcopenia.
Items (4) and (5) are not included in the MSRA-5 version. Each item of the MSRA-5 can be scored 0, 5, 10, or 15, and the total score ≤ 45 indicates sarcopenia risk.
Author : Rossi AP, 2017
Copyright : free to use with author acknowledgement
MSRA
MSRA
Advantages:
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free to use
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requires very little training to administer
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based on objective and measurable parameters
- high sensitivity when combined with SARC-F
Disadvantages:
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low specificity
Accuracy :
MSRA 7 item : sensitivity 75,7 % and specificity 65,1 % (Rossi AP, 2021)
MSRA 5 item : sensitivity 65,1 % and specificity 67.9 % (Rossi AP, 2021)
SARC-F and MSRA 7 item together : sensitivity 100 % and specificity 63,6 % (Rossi AP, 2021)
This Tool is used in the evaluation of Sarcopenia
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