Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-8)
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Parkinson’s disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) is the most widely used PD-specific Health Related Quality of Life questionnaire in Parkinson population across the world[1]. It consists of 39 questions from 8 dimensions: mobility, activities of daily of living, emotional well-being, stigma, social support, cognition, communication, and bodily discomfort. Parkinson’s disease Questionnaire (PDQ-8)[2] is the brief version of PDQ-39 formulated to reduce the respondent burden and for convenient use in clinical settings, It is a patient reported outcome measure constructed by taking one question from each of the eight domain of PDQ-39.
Intended Population[edit | edit source]
It is a quality of life outcome measure used in patient with Parkinson disease.
Method of use[edit | edit source]
Equipment Required:[edit | edit source]
Questionnaire based, Pen and paper
Training Required:
none
Time Required:
5-10 min
This instrument though freely available is copyrighted by the authors and requires their permission prior to use.
Clinical Significance[edit | edit source]
add links to outcome measures here (see Outcome Measures Database)
Additional Information[edit | edit source]
add text here relating to management approaches to the condition
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Hagell P, Whalley D, McKenna SP, Lindvall O. Health status measurement in Parkinson's disease: validity of the PDQ-39 and Nottingham health profile. Mov Disord. 2003;18:773–783.
- ↑ Peto V, Jenkinson C, Fitzpatrick R. PDQ-39: a review of the development, validation and application of a Parkinson's disease quality of life questionnaire and its associated measures. J Neurol. 1998;245(Suppl 1):S10–S14.
