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This is a Cross-Sectional Study study.

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This study aims to assess the effectiveness of Thai versions of sarcopenia screening questionnaires in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

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This study aims to assess the effectiveness of Thai versions of sarcopenia screening questionnaires in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Conducted a cross-sectional study with Thai RA patients from an outpatient clinic.
Participants completed five sarcopenia screening questionnaires.
Sarcopenia defined by 2019 Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia criteria.
37.5% of patients had sarcopenia and 27.4% had severe sarcopenia.
SARC-CalF exhibited the highest sensitivity and specificity among the questionnaires.
Moderate correlations were found between SARC-F and other questionnaires.

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Cross-sectional study finds sarcopenia common in Thai rheumatoid arthritis patients, indicating SARC-CalF is the best screening tool.

Gumtorntip et al. (2025) studied this question.

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