Skip to main content
. 2020 Apr 20;2020(4):CD012395. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012395.pub2

1. Scores included as outcome measures.

Instrument name Abbreviation Score (range) Direction of response References Data analysed as
Stage of disease based on disability or disability
Clinical staging of TTR‐FAP FAP stage 1 to 3 Higher scores indicate greater disease severity Coutinho 1980 Ordinal
Polyneuropathy Disability Score PDS 0 to 5 Higher scores indicate greater walking disability Steen 1983 Ordinal
Modified Norris Test Score MNT 75 to 0 Lower scores indicate greater disability Lacomblez 1989 Continuous
Portuguese classification system PCS 0 to 6 Higher scores indicate greater disease severity Sales‐Luís 1990 Ordinal
Kumamoto Score KS 0 to 96 Higher scores indicate greater disease severity Tashima 1999 Continuous
Yamamoto Score YS 0 to 4 Higher scores indicate greater disease severity Yamamoto 2007 Ordinal
Rasch‐built Overall Disability Scale R‐ODS 0 to 48 Lower scores indicate greater disability van Nes 2011 Continuous
Impairment due to nerve function
Neuropathy Impairment Score NIS 0 to 244 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Dyck 1995 Continuous
Neuropathy Impairment Score in the lower limbs NIS‐LL 0 to 88 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Bril 1999; Dyck 1997 Continuous
Neuropathy Impairment Score in the upper limbs NIS‐UL 0 to 116 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Lozeron 2013 Continuous
Neuropathy Impairment Score plus 7 nerve tests NIS+7 0 to 270 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Berk 2013 Continuous
Modified Neuropathy Impairment Score plus 7 nerve tests (Alnylam version) mNIS+7Alnylam 0 to 304 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Suanprasert 2014; Adams 2018 Continuous
Modified Neuropathy Impairment Score plus 7 nerve tests (Ionis version) mNIS+7Ionis ‐22.3 to 346.3 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Suanprasert 2014; Dyck 2017; Benson 2018 Continuous
Charcot‐Marie Tooth Neuropathy Score CMTNS 0 to 36 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Shy 2005 Continuous
Charcot‐Marie Tooth Neuropathy Score 2nd version CMTNS2 0 to 36 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Murphy 2011 Continuous
Neuropathy Disability Score revised version rNDS 0 to 10 Higher scores indicate greater deficits Abbott 2002 Continuous
Compound Autonomic Dysfunction Test CADT 0 to 16 Higher scores indicate greater autonomic impairment Denier 2007 Continuous
Wasting and autonomic gastrointestinal function
Modified body mass index mBMI Product of the BMI (kg/m2)
and serum albumin concentration (g/L)
Lower scores indicate greater wasting (worse nutritional status) Suhr 1984 Count
Quality of life
Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire SF‐36 0 to 100 Lower scores indicate
worse status
Ware 1992 Continuous
Norfolk Quality of Life–Diabetic Neuropathy Questionnairea Norfolk QOL‐DN ‐2 to 138
‐4 to 136
Higher scores indicate worse status Vinik 2005
Adams 2018
Benson 2018
Continuous
EuroQoL Quality of Life Scale EQ‐5D 5 to 15 Higher scores indicate
worse status
Rabin 2001 Continuous
Karnofsky Performance Status Karnofsky 0 to 100 Lower scores indicate
worse status
Yates 1980 Continuous
Depression
Beck Depression Inventory 2nd version BDI‐II 0 to 63 Higher total scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms Beck 1988 Continuous
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale for Depression HAM‐D 0 to 50 Higher total scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms Hamilton 1960 Continuous

a Slightly different score ranges are reported in different RCTs (range (‐2 to 138) in Coelho 2012 and range (‐4 to 136) in Adams 2018 and Benson 2018), although the direction of the scores is the same.