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Table 1 Trial outcome measures and instruments: baseline, 6, 24 and 36 weeks

From: A comparison of specialist rehabilitation and care assistant support with specialist rehabilitation alone and usual care for people with Parkinson's living in the community: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Participant

Outcome measure

Instrument

Person with Parkinson's

Parkinson's disability/general activities

Self Assessment Parkinson's Disease Disability Scale [46] (PRIMARY OUTCOME)

 

Parkinson's specific

Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire [47]

  

Non Motor Symptom Questionnaire [48]

 

Mobility

Posture and gait items from the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale [49]

  

Timed up and go [50]

 

Falls

Self report

 

Speech

Single speech item from the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale [49]

  

Abridged Emerson and Enderby Screening Assessment Rating Scale [51]

  

Frenchay Dysarthria Summary [52]

  

Speech self report questionnaire [10–12]

 

Pain

Visual analogue scale [53]

 

Generic health related quality of life/QALYs

Euro Qol 5D, with utility index for calculation of quality adjusted life years (QALYs) [54]

 

Self efficacy

Self efficacy scale [55]

 

Health and social care utilisation

Customised proforma and patient records

Live-in carer

Carer strain

Modified caregiver strain index [56]

(PRIMARY OUTCOME)

 

General health

General health questionnaire - 12 [57]

Both

Activities of daily living

Barthel ADL index [58]

 

Social activities

Frenchay Activities index [59]

 

Psychological wellbeing

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [60]

  

Yale single item depression screening tool [61]

 

Generic health related quality of life

Short form - 36 Health Survey [62]