Official Title: Development and Validation of a New Tool for Simultaneous Screening of Malnutrition Sarcopenia and Cachexia in Older Adults
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
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Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: ASUST-MSC
Brief Summary: There is an accumulating evidence of the overlap and frequent co-occurrence of twasting conditions in older adults Those conditions include malnutrition sarcopenia and cachexia Therefore a tool capable of simultaneously screening for all three conditions is imperative In this study we developed and validated a new tool for the simultaneous screening of muscle wasting diseases in older adults The diagnostic accuracy of the new tool was compared to other validated screening tools including the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form MNA-SF the Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire SNAQ and the Simple Questionnaire to Rapidly Diagnose Sarcopenia SARC-F