Validation of the Korean Version of the Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease-Autonomic.
- Author:
Ji Young KIM
1
;
In Uk SONG
;
Seong Beom KOH
;
Tae Beom AHN
;
Sang Jin KIM
;
Sang Myung CHEON
;
Jin Whan CHO
;
Yun Joong KIM
;
Hyeo Il MA
;
Mee Young PARK
;
Jong Sam BAIK
;
Phil Hyu LEE
;
Sun Ju CHUNG
;
Jong Min KIM
;
Han Joon KIM
;
Young Hee SUNG
;
Do Young KWON
;
Jae Hyeok LEE
;
Jee Young LEE
;
Ji Sun KIM
;
Ji Young YUN
;
Hee Jin KIM
;
Jin Young HONG
;
Mi Jung KIM
;
Jinyoung YOUN
;
Ji Seon KIM
;
Eung Seok OH
;
Hui Jun YANG
;
Won Tae YOON
;
Sooyeoun YOU
;
Kyum Yil KWON
;
Hyung Eun PARK
;
Su Yun LEE
;
Younsoo KIM
;
Hee Tae KIM
;
Joong Seok KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Autonomic; Parkinson's disease; Korean version; Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson's disease-Autonomic
- MeSH: Activities of Daily Living; Humans; Korea; Movement Disorders; Parkinson Disease; Quality of Life; Reproducibility of Results
- From:Journal of Movement Disorders 2017;10(1):29-34
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Autonomic symptoms are commonly observed in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and often limit the activities of daily living. The Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson's disease-Autonomic (SCOPA-AUT) was developed to evaluate and quantify autonomic symptoms in PD. The goal of this study was to translate the original SCOPA-AUT, which was written in English, into Korean and to evaluate its reliability and validity for Korean PD patients. METHODS: For the translation, the following processes were performed: forward translation, backward translation, expert review, pretest of the pre-final version and development of the final Korean version of SCOPA-AUT (K-SCOPA-AUT). In total, 127 patients with PD from 31 movement disorder clinics of university-affiliated hospitals in Korea were enrolled in this study. All patients were assessed using the K-SCOPA-AUT and other motor, non-motor, and quality of life scores. Test-retest reliability for the K-SCOPA-AUT was assessed over a time interval of 10−14 days. RESULTS: The internal consistency and reliability of the K-SCOPA-AUT was 0.727 as measured by the mean Cronbach's α-coefficient. The test-retest correlation reliability was 0.859 by the Guttman split-half coefficient. The total K-SCOPA-AUT score showed a positive correlation with other non-motor symptoms [the Korean version of non-motor symptom scale (K-NMSS)], activities of daily living (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part II) and quality of life [the Korean version of Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life 39 (K-PDQ39)]. CONCLUSION: The K-SCOPA-AUT had good reliability and validity for the assessment of autonomic dysfunction in Korean PD patients. Autonomic symptom severities were associated with many other motor and non-motor impairments and influenced quality of life.
