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ArticleMovement disorders clinical practice

Cross-Cultural Differences of the Non-Motor Symptoms Studied by the Traditional Chinese Version of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society- Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale.

Rwei-Ling Yu, Ruey-Meei Wu, Anne Y Y Chan, Vincent Mok, Yih-Ru Wu, Barbara C Tilley, Sheng Luo, Lu Wang, Nancy R LaPelle, Glenn T Stebbins and 1 more

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11 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Rwei-Ling YuNational Cheng Kung University, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Ruey-Meei WuDepartment of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Anne Y Y ChanDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China.
Vincent MokDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China.
Yih-Ru WuDepartment of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou branch, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Barbara C TilleyDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Sheng LuoDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lu WangDivision of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Nancy R LaPelleDivision of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Glenn T StebbinsDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Christopher G GoetzDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USChinese University of Hong Kong · HKRush University Medical Center · USChang Gung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trial: Statistical CenterU01NS043127 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI LUO, SHENG · 2001 to 2015
$8.0M
Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials with Multivariate Longitudinal OutcomesR01NS091307 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI LUO, SHENG · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091307NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS043127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiven the importance of ethnic differences in the evaluation of various aspects of symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), we present the formal procedure for completing the traditional Chinese translation of the International and Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society/UPDRS (MDS-UPDRS) and highlight the discrepancy in nonmotor symptoms (NMS) between patients in Eastern and Western countries.

methodsA total of 350 native Chinese-speaking PD patients were recruited from multiple hospitals in Eastern countries; they completed the MDS-UPDRS. The translation process was executed and factor analysis was performed to determine the structure of the scale. Chi-squared and t tests were used to compare frequency and severity of PD symptoms between the Chinese-speaking and English-speaking groups (n = 876).

resultsNMS and motor symptoms were more severe in the Western population (Part I:

conclusionThe traditional Chinese version of the MDS-UPDRS can be designated as an official translation of the original scale, and it is now available for use. Moreover, NMS in PD constitute a major issue worldwide, and the pattern of NMS among the Chinese population is more marked in terms of cognition-based symptoms and activities of daily living.

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Chinese trasnslationnonmotor symptomsParkinson's diseaseUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale

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PMCPMC5365089
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