Validation of PDQ-8 as an independent instrument in English and Chinese

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 77-80

  Tan, Louis C S ^a   Lau, Puay Ngoh ^a   Au, Wing Lok ^a   Luo, Nan ^b  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; PDQ 39; PDQ 8; Quality of life; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON'S DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 39; PARKINSON'S DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 8; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WELLBEING;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33947271346     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.072     Document Type: Article

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