Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic version of the SARC-F for evaluating sarcopenia in Saudi older adults
The SARC-F was successfully translated and adapted into the Arabic language. The Arabic SARC-F showed excellent reliability and adequate validity but revealed low sensitivity with high specificity across different sarcopenia definitions, which indicates that it can detect the absence of sarcopenia.
Authors
- Aqeel M. Alenazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2641-8339)
- Bader Ali Alqahtani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8275-6906)
- Norah Alhwoaimel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-4365)
- Ahmed Alhowimel
- Mohammed M. Alshehri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-0957)
- Bashayer A. Alharbi
Institutions
- Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Ministry of Health (SA)
- Jazan University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06349-y
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University