Living with chronic illness scale: international validation of a new self-report measure in Parkinson's disease.

Understanding how a person lives with a chronic illness, such as Parkinson's disease (PD), is necessary to provide individualized care and professionals role in person-centered care at clinical and community levels is paramount. The present study was aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of the Living with Chronic Illness-PD Scale (EC-PC) in a wide Spanish-speaking population with PD. International cross-sectional study with retest was carried out with 324 patients from four Latin American countries and Spain.

Analysis of four scales for global severity evaluation in Parkinson's disease.

Global evaluations of Parkinson's disease (PD) severity are available, but their concordance and accuracy have not been previously tested. The present international, cross-sectional study was aimed at determining the agreement level among four global scales for PD (Hoehn and Yahr, HY; Clinical Global Impression of Severity, CGIS; Clinical Impression of Severity Index, CISI-PD; and Patient Global Impression of Severity, PGIS) and identifying which of them better correlates with itemized PD assessments. Assessments included additional scales for evaluation of the movement impairment, disability, affective disorders, and quality of life.

Parkinson's disease severity levels and MDS-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale.

Background: Severity of PD is usually assessed by means of the motor and disability-based Hoehn and Yahr staging (HY), or clinician and patient global perceptions. Scores of more detailed assessments, as the MDS-UPDRS, have not been translated to a grading that allows assignment of score sections to severity levels. The objective of the present study is to determine cut-off points for PD severity levels based on the MDS-UPDRS.

Caregiver burden in Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that imposes an important burden upon the patient's caregiver. This study aims at assessing caregiver burden (CB) and analyzing its relationship with sociodemographic, emotional, and functional factors, as well as health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The following measures were applied to 80 patients with PD: the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); the EuroQoL (for HRQoL); and PD-specific measures (Hoehn and Yahr staging and SCOPA-Motor ADL subscale).

Impact of fatigue in Parkinson's disease: the Fatigue Impact Scale for Daily Use (D-FIS).

The Fatigue Impact Scale for Daily Use (D-FIS) was used in a cross-sectional study including 142 consecutive Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Usual clinical measures for PD, the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale and the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-8 items were applied. In addition to the D-FIS, patients with fatigue (67.