• Fabiana de Souza Orlandi, Juliana Duarte Nunes, Diana Gabriela Mendes Dos Santos, Aline Cristina Martins Gratão, and Marisa Silvana Zazzetta.
• PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos (SP), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2023 Jan 1; 141 (1): 303530-35.

BackgroundSarcopenia is defined as a slow, progressive, and apparently inevitable process of involuntary loss of muscle mass, strength, and quality, which occurs with advancing age. It is widely accepted that sarcopenia can directly affect quality of life.ObjectiveTranslate, adapt and validate the "Sarcopenia and Quality of Life" instrument (SarQoL) to the Brazilian context.Design And SettingsTranslation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation study carried out at the Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.MethodsThe population consisted of 221 older adult participants. The steps recommended by the guidelines from the authors of the original instrument were followed sequentially: initial translation, synthesis of translations, backward translation, evaluation by a panel of judges, pre-test, and analysis of psychometric properties. The translation and adaptation process was conducted as recommended.ResultsTwo hundred and twenty-one participants took part in the step analysis of the psychometric properties of SarQoL, in which 55 presented sarcopenia. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the total SarQoL questionnaire was 0.976, indicating excellent internal consistency. Excellent agreements between the test and retest with an Interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) of 0.983 (95% confidence interval: 0.901-0.996) were observed in the SarQoL domains. The domains of Short-Form 36 and EuroQoL 5-dimension showed significant correlation, from moderate to strong magnitude, with SarQoL total score, indicating convergent validity.ConclusionThe Brazilian version of SarQoL presented evidence of reliability and validity.

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