A new self-completing questionnaire for motor and non-motorsymptoms in Parkinson's disease (MASAC-PD31).

ABSTRACT

Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may suffer from various motor symptoms as well as non-motor symptoms. In order to identify and grade these symptoms within the limited time in outpatient clinic, a new self-completing questionnaire (MASAC-PD31) was developed. The questionnaire consists of two parts. Part 1 consist of 14 questions related to motor symptoms and activities of daily living (ADL) during both "on" and "off" periods. Part 2 consist of 17 questions related to non-motor symptoms, such as sleep disturbances, autonomic dysfunction, cognition, mood, fatigue, smell and sexual problem. Correlations of the scores on the MASAC-PD31 with other clinical scales, such as modified H & Y stage, UPDRS, PDQ-39, Schwab & England ADL scale and were previously evaluated and MASAC-PD31 was shown to be valid and reliable scale. The questionnaire can als6 be used as a tool to identify clinically unrecognized symptoms which lead to" better management of PD.