Rating Scales in Parkinson's Disease Clinical Practice and Research

by Sampaio, Cristina; Goetz, Christopher G.; Schrag, Anette

• ISBN13: 9780199783106
• ISBN10: 0199783101
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780199783151
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

For many years, the need to develop valid tools to evaluate signs and symptoms of Parkinson Disease (PD) has been present. However the understanding of all intricacies of rating scales development was not widely available and the first attempts were relatively crude. In 2002, the Movement Disorders Society created a task force to systemize the measurement of Parkinson's Disease. Since then, the Task Force has produced and published several critiques to the available rating scales addressing both motor and non-motor domains of Parkinson Disease. Additionally the task force initiated a project to develop a new version of the UPDRS, the MDS-UPDRS. But none of this was made available in one convenient source. Until now. Parkinson's Disease Rating Scales: Evaluating the Motor and the Non-Motor Domainsis written for researchers from the medical and social sciences, and for health professionals wishing to evaluate the progress of their patients suffering from Parkinson Disease. The book is both exhaustive in the description of the scales and informative on the advantages and limitations of each scale. As such, the text clearly guides readers on how to choose and use the instruments available. Extensive cross-referenced tables and charts closely integrate the parts of the book to facilitate readers in moving from one symptom domain to another.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Measurement tools and how to interpret the validation data

Development of a rating scale

How to evaluate validation data

Cristina

The clinical relevant differences

Evaluation of Parkinson disease impairments and disabilities: history, methods and scales

A historical perspective of rating scales in PD : the problems of evaluating impairments and disability

The Movement Disorder Society Rating Scales Review Methodology

UPDRS and MDS-UPDRS

Evaluation of motor complications: dyskinesia rating scales

Evaluation of motor complications: motor fluctuations

Staging in Parkinson Disease, H and Y

Quality of Life

Medical economics

Motor and Non-motor domains of Parkinson Disease

Anhedonia and Apathy

Anxiety

Cognition impairment and dementia

Dysautonomia -Orthostatic hypotension

Fatigue

Psychosis and Hallucinations

Nocturnal Sleep

Depression

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