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Table 3 Data collection tools to be administered during clinical examination and assessment

From: Transforming Parkinson's Care in Africa (TraPCAf): protocol for a multimethodology National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Group project

Tools and questionnaires

Clinical observationsa

Neurology assessmenta

Questionnaire on women’s symptomsa,b

Healthcare resource use questionnairea,c

MDS Unified PD Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) [74]

Clinical impression of severity index (CISI-PD) [75]

MDS Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) [76]

Barthel index [77]

Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) cognitive screening tool [78]

Mini-environmental risk factor questionnaire (MERQ-PD) [55]

Questionnaire on pesticide exposurea

Questionnaire on microbiomea

PD Questionnaire (PDQ-8) [79]

EuroQol- 5 Dimension instrument (EQ5D-5L) [80]

REM sleep behaviour disorder questionnaire (RBDSQ) [81]

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [82]

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) [83]

PD Sleep Scale (PDSS) [84]

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) [85]

Questionnaire for impulsive-compulsive disorders in PD – Rating Scale (QUIP-RS) [86]

Scales for outcomes in PD – Autonomic (SCOPA-AUT) [87]

  1. aUnvalidated questionnaires developed (based on expertise) for the purposes of addressing TraPCAf research questions (see supplementary material)
  2. bQuestionnaire developed and adapted from the Fox insight ‘Experience of women with PD’ survey [88]
  3. cQuestionnaire developed and adapted from the ‘Resource Utilization in Dementia’ (RUD) instrument [89]