On 26 Jul 2004 at 7:44, Tom McCreary wrote: Has there been any further information on the questionnaire referred to in this article? If so would please forward it to me. Thanks, Tom ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:57 PM Subject: ARTICLE: Checklist Pinpoints When Parkinson's Drugs Wear Off http://www.medicalposting.ca/seniors/article.jsp?content=20040204_095155_5220&topStory=y * * * Hi Tom, I looked on the web and found nada re: original 32 point checklist... searching for End-of-Dose Wearing Off (EODWO) I did find a Stalevo sponsored interactive 9 question checklist re: wearing off... "Wearing-Off" Symptom Questionnaire http://tinyurl.com/4qhq7 and I found my own posting... There are many PubMed Posts on Health Related Quality of Life and Parkinson's http://tinyurl.com/tf27 The following are some of the rating scales used to assess the severity and impact of Parkinson's disease (PD): Activities of daily living (ADL) Hoehn and Yahr Stage Score Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) Schwab and England Scale Short-Form 36 (SF-36) Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) http://www.parkinsonsdisease.com/pcp/rating.htm I found the Parkinson’s Impact Scale (PIMS) http://www.parkinson.ca/pd/prof.html There are books on Rating Scales http://tinyurl.com/42nmt Then I looked in the MGH BrainTalk archives... Links are now available on the website http://www.plwp.org for the audio of the panel discussion/teleconference at the ANA as well as a summary of the findings by Harris Interactive. The full survey report may be obtained by emailing: [log in to unmask] http://www.plwp.org/jointpressamarin.htm http://www.plwp.org/harris/HI_HealthCareNewsV3_Issue15.pdf I hope this helps answer your query... cheers ... murray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn