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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2024

Validation Study of the Parkinson's Disease Stigma Questionnaire (PDStigmaQuest).

Vasilija Stopic, Stefanie T Jost, Julius Haupt, Gregor A Brandt, Christina van der Linden, Jan Niklas Petry-Schmelzer, Till A Dembek, Gereon R Fink, Lucia Batzu, Alexandra Rizos and 7 more

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Article in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Further Development and Validation of a Measure of Compassionate Healthcare in Action.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Vasilija StopicDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Stefanie T JostDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Julius HauptDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Gregor A BrandtDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Christina van der LindenDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Jan Niklas Petry-SchmelzerDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Till A DembekDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Gereon R FinkDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Lucia BatzuParkinson's Foundation International Centre of Excellence, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Alexandra RizosParkinson's Foundation International Centre of Excellence, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
K Ray ChaudhuriParkinson's Foundation International Centre of Excellence, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
Haidar S DafsariDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Doreen GruberMovement Disorders Hospital, Kliniken Beelitz GmbH, Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany.
Georg EbersbachMovement Disorders Hospital, Kliniken Beelitz GmbH, Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany.
Josef KesslerDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Michael T BarbeDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Anna SauerbierDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Stigma is a relevant aspect of Parkinson's disease (PD). Specific stigma tools are needed to address the complex construct of stigma in PD comprehensively. Objective: To test the dimensionality and psychometric properties of the newly developed Parkinson's Disease Stigma Questionnaire (PDStigmaQuest). Methods: In this multi-center, cross-sectional study including PD patients and healthy controls, the dimensionality of the PDStigmaQuest was examined through exploratory factor analysis. Acceptability and psychometric properties were investigated. PDStigmaQuest scores of patients and healthy controls were compared. Results: In total, 201 PD patients and 101 healthy controls were included in the final analysis. Results suggested high data quality of the PDStigmaQuest (0.0001% missing data for patients). The exploratory factor analysis produced four factors: felt stigma, hiding, enacted stigma: rejection, and enacted stigma: patronization, explaining 47.9% of variance. An optional work domain for employed patients was included. Moderate floor effects and skewness, but no ceiling effects were found. Cronbach's alpha of 0.85 indicated high internal consistency. Calculated item-total correlations met standard criteria. Test-retest reliability was high (rs = 0.83). PDStigmaQuest scores correlated significantly with other stigma measures (rs = 0.56-0.69) and were significantly higher in patients than in healthy controls and higher in patients with depressive symptoms than in those without. Conclusions: The patient-reported 18-item PDStigmaQuest showed strong psychometric properties of validity and reliability. Our results suggest that the PDStigmaQuest can be used to assess and evaluate stigma comprehensively in PD, which will improve our understanding of the construct of PD stigma.

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Parkinson DiseasePsychometricsSocial StigmaAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and Questionnairesquality of lifequestionnaireStigmavalidation study

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PMID39331110
PMCPMC11492143

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