A Novel 6-Item Screening Questionnaire for Parkinsonism: Validation and Comparison Between Different Instruments | Zendy

SeyedMohammad Fereshtehnejad | Zendy; Mahdiyeh Shafieesabet | Zendy; Arash Rahmani | Zendy; Farzaneh Farhadi | Zendy; Hasti Hadizadeh | Zendy; Gholam Ali Shahidi | Zendy; Ahmad Delbari | Zendy; Johan Lökk | Zendy

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A Novel 6-Item Screening Questionnaire for Parkinsonism: Validation and Comparison Between Different Instruments

Author(s) -

SeyedMohammad Fereshtehnejad,

Mahdiyeh Shafieesabet,

Arash Rahmani,

Farzaneh Farhadi,

Hasti Hadizadeh,

Gholam Ali Shahidi,

Ahmad Delbari,

Johan Lökk

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000368167

Subject(s) - parkinsonism , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease , pathology

Several instruments have been developed to screen Parkinson's disease (PD); yet, there is no consensus on the items, number of questions, and diagnostic accuracy. We aimed to develop a new questionnaire combining the best items with highest validity to screen parkinsonism and to compare its diagnostic value with that of the previous instruments using the same database.

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