Association of SARC-F Questionnaire and Mortality in Prevalent Hemodialysis Patients

Sarcopenia is common in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, which leads to poor outcomes. SARC-F (sluggishness, assistance in walking, rising from a chair, climb stairs, falls), a self-report questionnaire, is recommended as an easily applied tool for screening sarcopenia in older people. Howe...

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Main Authors: Yu-Li Lin, Jia-Sian Hou, Yu-Hsien Lai, Chih-Hsien Wang, Chiu-Huang Kuo, Hung-Hsiang Liou, Bang-Gee Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/10/11/890