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ArticleScientific reports2025

Psychometric properties of the Italian version of scale for outcomes in Parkinson's disease psychiatric complications in Parkinson disease.

Sofia Cuoco, Arianna Cappiello, Immacolata Carotenuto, Maria Autuori, Rossella Bisogno, Cristiano Sorrentino, Marco Aiello, Paolo Barone, Marina Picillo

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Sofia CuocoNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Arianna CappielloNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Immacolata CarotenutoNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Maria AutuoriNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Rossella BisognoNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Cristiano SorrentinoNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Marco AielloIRCCS SynlabSDN, Naples, Italy.
Paolo BaroneNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Marina PicilloNeuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy. mpicillo@unisa.it.

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Abstract

The Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson's disease-Psychiatric Complications (SCOPA-PC) is a validated tool to score psychotic and compulsive symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). We translated into Italian the SCOPA-PC and evaluated its psychometric properties and clinical correlates in different subgroups of PD patients. The scale underwent translation, back-translation, and cognitive pretesting before being administered to a calculated sample of 135 PD patients. All patients underwent a clinical interview, motor evaluation, cognitive screening test, behavioral and functional scales. We explored SCOPA-PC feasibility, acceptability, internal consistency, convergent validity, known-groups validity, and test-retest reliability. The mean SCOPA-PC score was 1.99 ± 2.09. The internal consistency was acceptable (α = 0.631); corrected item-total correlation was > 0.45 for most items. The significant and moderate correlation of the SCOPA-PC with other tools evaluating psychiatric symptoms indicated adequate convergent validity of the scale. The factor analysis disclosed two factors, with total variance equal to 50.19%. The reliability of SCOPA-PC was high especially in cognitively preserved patients not on medications for dementia, depression, psychosis and anxiety. The SCOPA-PC is a rapid and reliable screening tool for assessing psychotic and compulsive symptoms in PD. Our data support a role for the SCOPA-PC as a screening scale in early, non-demented PD.

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Parkinson DiseasePsychometricsAgedFemaleHumansItalyMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotic DisordersReproducibility of ResultsBehavioral symptomsImpulsive dyscontrolParkinson diseasePsychiatric symptoms

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