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. 2023 Feb 27;24:147. doi: 10.1186/s13063-023-07084-8

Table 2.

Outcome measures for patients which will be measured at baseline, 12 and 24 months

Domain Outcome Measurement tool/method where one is available
Primary outcome measure Goal attainment Bangor Goal-Setting interview [19]
Parkinson’s specific measures Parkinson’s disease assessment MDS-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) [21]
Non-motor symptom burden MDS Non-Motor Rating Scale (MDS-NMS)* [22]
Parkinson’s-related quality of life Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)* [23]
Health Fear of falling Iconographical Fall Efficacy Scale (ICON-FES)-short version [24]
Global impression of change

Patients’ Global Impression of Change (PGIC)

Clinician Global Impression of Change (CGI-I)

Frailty

SHARE-FI 75+ (Phenotypic frailty tool) [25]

Pictorial fit frail scale* [26]

Clinical frailty scale [27]

Sarcopenia SARC-F* and SARC-CalF* [28]
Malnutrition risk Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
Nutritional risk Seniors in the community: risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition (SCREEN II)-14 item version* [29, 30]
Delirium 4AT tool for delirium assessment [31]
Physical performance Physical performance

Short physical performance battery (SPPB)

Time up and go test (TUG)

Physical activity Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire for the Usual week (IPEQ-WA)* [32]
Endurance Endurance measure (2-min walk test, 6-min walk for those who are sufficiently mobile)
Gait Single and dual task gait assessments
Grip strength Hand-held dynamometer
Falls# N/A
Palliative measures Advance Care Plan data N/A
Palliative symptom burden

Edmonton Symptom Assessment System Scale for Parkinson’s Disease (ESAS-R-PD) [33]

Palliative outcome score-symptoms-Parkinson’s Disease (POS-S-PD) [34]

Presence of gold standard framework register Hospice utilisation outside place of death
Healthcare contacts with hospice and / or palliative care services Use of anticipatory medication
Social Loneliness/social isolation 3-item Revised-UCLA Loneliness Scale plus a single item direct measure of loneliness [35]
Social participation English Longitudinal Study of Ageing questions (ELSA)* [36]
Perceived social support Multidimensional scale of perceived social support [37]
Coping strategy BriefCOPE [38]
Acceptance of illness Acceptance of illness scale [39]
Capability ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people (ICECAP-O)* [40]
Patient activation Patient Activation Measure (PAM) [41]
Economic measures Health-related quality of life EuroQoL 5D-5L health status questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L)* [42]
Mortality# N/A
Healthcare events (including elective & unplanned admissions, emergency department attendances, outpatient appointments, primary care contacts, investigations and prescriptions, discharge destination) Captured from hospital and GP records and participant self-report
Process measures Frequency of Parkinson’s follow-up and referral to, and review, by allied health professionals (intervention and control arms) N/A
Frequency and type of engagement with PRIME Parkinson care (intervention arm) N/A
Experience of holistic patient-centred care Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care measure (PACIC) - 26 item [43, 44]

*=outcomes that will be completed by a representative who knows the patient well, where the patient cannot self-complete; #=outcome measures which will also be assessed at 3, 6, 9, 15, 18 and 21 months. The following parameters will be assessed at baseline and/or at 12/24 months but are not outcome measures per se: fracture risk using FRAX* [45] and/or QFracture* [46] with bone densitometry where required; habitual dietary intake using the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Food frequency questionnaire* [47]; comorbidity using Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatrics [48]; cognition using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) [49]. Place and date of death, where applicable, will also be captured