Parkinson's disease rating scales
Subtitle: evaluating the motor and the non-motor domains
By: [edited by] Cristina Sampaio, Christopher G. Goetz, Anette Schrag
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780199783106
Subjects: Parkinson Disease; Severity of Illness Index; Complications; Diagnosis
Description: 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. This book was 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. Readership: Parkinson's disease physicians, nurses, graduate students, physical therapists, and pharmaceutical scientists in the process of developing protocols for PD interventions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Development of a rating scale / Glenn Stebbins; title: How to evaluate validation data / Pablo Martinez-Martin; title: The clinical relevant differences / Cristina Sampaio and Olivier Rascol; title: A historical perspective of rating scales in PD : the problems of evaluating impairments and disability / Bob van Hilten; title: The movement disorder society rating scales review methodology / Anette Schrag; title: UPDRS and MDS-UPDRS / Christopher G. Goetz; title: Evaluation of motor complications : dyskinesia rating scales / Carlo Colossimo; title: Evaluation of motor complications : motor fluctuations / M. Merello and Angelo Antonini; title: Staging in Parkinson disease : H and Y / Werner Poewe; title: Quality of life / Pablo Martinez-Martin; title: Medical economics / Richard Dodel; title: Anhedonia and apathy / A. Leentjens; title: Anxiety / Laura Marsh and Al Bush; title: Cognition impairment and dementia / Glenn Stebbins; title: Dysautonomia-orthostatic hypotension / Le Traon ... [et al.]; title: Fatigue / G. Alves; title: Psychosis and hallucinations / H. Fernandez; title: Nocturnal sleep / B. Hogl; title: Depression / Anette Schrag.