Jessie-Lee D McIsaac, Sara F L Kirk, Stefan Kuhle
The Association between Health Behaviours and Academic Performance in Canadian Elementary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
International journal of environmental research and public health
present clinimetric assessment movement disorder society mdssponsored revision unified parkinsons disease rating scale mdsupdrs mdsudprs task force revised expanded updrs using recommendations published critique mdsupdrs four parts namely nonmotor experiences daily living ii motor experiences daily living iii motor examination iv motor complications twenty questions completed patientcaregiver itemspecific instructions appendix complementary additional scales provided movement disorder specialists study coordinators administered updrs 55 items mdsupdrs 65 items 877 english speaking 78 nonlatino caucasian patients parkinsons disease 39 sites compared two scales using correlative techniques factor analysis mdsupdrs showed high internal consistency cronbachs alpha 079093 across parts correlated original updrs rho 096 mdsupdrs acrosspart correlations ranged 022 066 reliable factor structures part obtained comparative fit index 090 part support use sum scores part preference total score parts combined clinimetric results study support validity mdsupdrs rating pd