Autor: |
Kui Chen, Yu-Jie Yang, Feng-Tao Liu, Da-Ke Li, Lu-Lu Bu, Ke Yang, Ying Wang, Bo Shen, Rong-Yuan Guan, Jie Song, Jian Wang, Jian-Jun Wu |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2017 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1477-7525 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s12955-017-0742-5 |
Popis: |
Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease is characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms with wide ranging impacts on the health-related quality of life. The 39-item Parkinson’s disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) is the most widely used PD-specific health-related quality-of-life questionnaire. The short-form 8-item Parkinson’s disease Questionnaire (PDQ-8) was found to produce results similar to that of the PDQ-39 cross-culturally. However, there is no evaluation of the PDQ-8 in the mainland of China. Methods In this longitudinal study, 283 patients with Parkinson’s disease were recruited. The PDQ-39, the PDQ-8 and other scales were administered. Patients attended the clinic once annually for three years to complete the scales. Results The PDQ-8 was found to have good validity and reliability. There was a strong correlation between the summary indices of the PDQ-8 and the PDQ-39 (r=0.93, P |
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