TABLE 2.
Suggested and recommended scales for sialorrhea, dysphagia, constipation, and global dysautonomia or nonmotorb symptoms that include the three target symptoms
| Scale | Successful clinimetric testing |
Reports outside original description |
Utilization in PD |
Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sialorrhea | ||||
| DSFS | No | Yes | Yes | Suggested |
| DRS | No | No | Yes | Suggested |
| SCS-PD | Yes | No | Yes | Suggested |
| Dysphagia | ||||
| SDQ | No | No | Yes | Suggested |
| SWAL-QOL | Yes | Yes | No | Suggested |
| Constipation | No scales meet criteria |
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| Global Dysautonomia | ||||
| SCOPA-AUT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Recommendeda |
| Nonmotor symptoms | ||||
| NMSQuest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Recommendeda |
| NMSS | Yes | No | Yes | Suggesteda |
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Note that this scale is not specifically focused on target GI symptoms of sialorrhea, dysphagia, and constipation.