SARC-F
Rastreio inicial de risco de sarcopenia.
Purpose: Identificar sinais de perda de força e função muscular.
Interpretation: Pontuação elevada sugere necessidade de avaliação profissional.
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Function, falls, frailty, nutrition, memory and autonomy.
Clinical relevance
Integrated assessment of older adults helps recognize functional losses, nutritional risk, falls, frailty and cognitive changes before they compromise autonomy.
Signs and symptoms
- Falls or fear of falling.
- Loss of strength, weight, appetite or energy.
- Difficulty walking or standing.
- Frequent forgetfulness or behavior changes.
Related conditions
Sarcopenia
Frailty
Malnutrition
Cognitive impairment
Fall risk
Assessments
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Clinical assessments
Fall Risk
Educational screening of factors associated with falls.
Purpose: Reconhecer fatores de risco funcionais e ambientais.
Interpretation: Risco aumentado deve orientar medidas preventivas e avaliação.
Start assessmentFrailty
Observation of signs of vulnerability and functional decline.
Purpose: Organizar sinais de vulnerabilidade clínica e funcional.
Interpretation: Sinais acumulados indicam necessidade de acompanhamento.
Start assessmentNutrition
Rastreio educativo de risco nutricional.
Purpose: Identificar sinais de ingestão reduzida ou perda ponderal.
Interpretation: Alterações sugerem avaliação nutricional.
Start assessmentMemory and Cognition
Educational observation of cognitive signs in daily life.
Purpose: Registrar sinais de alteração cognitiva percebidos na rotina.
Interpretation: Sinais persistentes justificam avaliação profissional.
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Em expansão
Guia de rastreio funcional do idoso
Guia sobre sarcopenia, quedas, fragilidade, nutrição e memória.
Open resourceProtocols
Modelo
Protocolo de prevenção de quedas
Fluxo educativo com fatores de risco, ambiente, medicamentos e encaminhamento.
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Quedas, perda de força, emagrecimento, baixa ingestão, confusão e piora da autonomia devem ser observados.
Não. Os assessments indicam sinais que justificam avaliação profissional, mas não fecham diagnóstico.
References
- Cruz-Jentoft AJ et al. Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis. Age and Ageing, 2019.
- World Health Organization. Integrated care for older people: guidelines on community-level interventions, 2017.