Table 2.
Clinical scales related to dysphagia for patients with parkinsonism
| Scale | |
|---|---|
| Sialorrhea scale | Drooling severity and frequency scale (DSFS) |
| Drooling rating scale | |
| Sialorrhea clinical scale for PD (SCS-PD) | |
| Dysphagia scale | Swallowing disturbance questionnaire (SDQ) |
| Swallowing quality of life (SWAL-QOL) | |
| Functional dysphagia scale (FDS) | |
| General scale | Scales for outcomes in PD-autonomic (SCOPA-AUT) |
| Nonmotor symptoms questionnaire for PD (NMSQuest) | |
| Nonmotor symptoms scale (NMSS) | |
| Parkinson’s disease questionnaire (PDQ) | |
| Activities-specific balance confidence (ABC) | |
| Schwab and England activities of daily living (S-E ADL) | |
| Northwestern university disability scale (NUDS) | |
| Stanford self-efficacy for managing chronic disease 6-item scale (SSE) |
Adapted from Evatt, et al. [39] PD: Parkinson’s disease.