The Parkinson's disease questionnaire (PDQ-39): Development and validation of a Parkinson's disease summary index score

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-357

  Jenkinson, Crispin ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^a,c   Peto, Viv ^a   Greenhall, Richard ^d   Hyman, Nigel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health status; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire; Summary score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030848491     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.5.353     Document Type: Article

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