Bradykinesia Subscale Administered Alone Versus Regular Administration: Psychometric Properties

Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.110 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to examine whether scores on questionnaires that rate how much Parkinson's Disease (PD) has slowed movements of the body differ when the order of the questions are changed. The consistency and accuracy of the questionnaires will also be examined. It is hypothesized that there will not be a difference.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

110

Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

Bradykinesia UPDRS Motor Full ExaminationOTHER

The first group will receive the full motor examination section in its original order.

Bradykinesia subscale of UPDRS Motor ExaminationOTHER

The second group will receive the bradykinesia subscale first followed by the remainder of the motor examination section.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or Female at least 30 years of age 2. Willing to be assessed using the motor examination section of the UPDRS and the SPES/SCOPA motor evaluation 3. Patients must be willing and able to give written informed consent prior to performing an study procedures 4. Be in the "ON" State (only for patients who fluctuate between "ON" and "OFF" states) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Absence of bradykinesia at the time of assessment 2. Hoehn and Yahr stage not available from patient's chart or not assessed between 3 and 180 days prior to clinic visit 3. Has received and experimental drug within the last thirty (30) days

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Scores on the UPDRS motor evaluation subscale are equivalent.

Time frame: 4 months

Secondary Outcomes

Correlations between the UPDRS motor examination bradykinesis subscale and the remaining UPDRS motor examination items, Hoeh and Yahr stage, Schwab and England scale, and SPES/SCOPA motor evaluation.

Time frame: 4 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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