The PDQ-Carer: development and validation of a summary index score.

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INTRODUCTION: The PDQ-Carer is a 29 item measure of health related quality of life for use with carers of people with Parkinson's disease. The original development of the instrument identified four domains. This study examined the possibility that the four domains could reasonably be summed to provide a single summary index score. METHODS: The PDQ-Carer was administered in a postal survey of patients and carers registered with local branches of Parkinson's UK. Data from the four domains of t...

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Authors: Morley, D; Dummett, S; Kelly, L; Peters, M; Dawson, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Parkinsonism and related disorders
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 448-449
• Publication date: 2013-04-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.11.018
• EISSN: 1873-5126
• ISSN: 1353-8020
• Language: English
• Keywords: Male; Aged; Caregivers; Adult; Aged, 80 and over; Parkinson Disease; Middle Aged; Reproducibility of Results; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Female; Humans