Non-Motor Symptoms Scale

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Name: Non-Motor Symptoms Scale

Abbreviation: NMSS

Versions: 3

Synonyms: 99

Description: The Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) is a 30-item rater-based scale to assess a wide range of non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The NMSS measures the severity and frequency of non-motor symptoms across nine dimensions. The scale can be used for patients at all stages of PD. (The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) , https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/MDS-Rating-Scales/Non-Motor-Symptoms-Scale-for-Parkinsons-Disease-NMSS.htm)

Reference: Chaudhuri KR, Martinez-Martin P, Brown RG, Sethi K, Stocchi F, Odin P, Ondo W, Abe K, Macphee G, Macmahon D, Barone P, Rabey M, Forbes A, Breen K, Tluk S, Naidu Y, Olanow W, Williams AJ, Thomas S, Rye D, Tsuboi Y, Hand A, Schapira AH. The metric properties of a novel non-motor symptoms scale for Parkinson's disease: Results from an international pilot study. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 2007 Oct 15. PMID: 17674410.

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# version trials
1 Non-Motor Symptoms Scale 139
2 Korean Version of Non-Motor Symptoms Scale 3
3 Movement Disorder Society-Non-Motor Symptoms Scale 2
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# instruments trials
1 Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale 122
2 Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 96
3 Montreal Cognitive Assessment 50
4 Epworth Sleepiness Scale 26
5 Beck Depression Inventory 25
6 Hoehn and Yahr Scale 25
7 Parkinson's Disease Sleep Scale 20
8 EQ-5D 19
9 Clinical Global Impression 18
10 Time Up and Go Test 16
11 Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease 15
12 Patient Global Impression 14
13 Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire 13
14 Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease 12
15 Mini-Mental State Examination 11
16 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 10
17 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 10
18 Freezing of Gait Questionnaire 10
19 Smell Identification Test 10
20 Geriatric Depression Scale 8
21 Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale 8
22 Visual Analogue Scale 8
23 Parkinson Anxiety Scale 8
24 Mattis Dementia Rating Scale 7
25 Schwab and England Activities on Daily Living Scale 7
26 Neuropsychiatric Inventory 6
27 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 6
28 Lille Apathy Rating Scale 6
29 Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale 6
30 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 6
31 Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale 6
32 Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale 6
33 Parkinson's Disease Fatigue Scale 6
34 Apathy Evaluation Scale 5
35 Zarit Burden Interview 5
36 Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery 5
37 Symbol Digit Modalities Test 5
38 Balance Evaluation System Test 5
39 Fatigue Severity Scale 5
40 King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale 5
41 Trail Making Test 4
42 Stroop Test 4
43 Frontal Assessment Battery 4
44 Digit Span Task 4
45 Verbal Fluency Test 4
46 Beck Anxiety Inventory 4
47 Minute Walk Test 4
48 Ardouin Scale of Behavior in Parkinson's Disease 4
49 Activities of Daily Living 3
50 Short Form Health Survey 3
51 Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale 3
52 Berg Balance Scale 3
53 Boston Naming Test 3
54 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 3
55 Health Care Resources Utilization Questionnaire 3
56 Meter Walk Test 3
57 Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale 3
58 New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire 3
59 Clinical Impression of Severity Index 3
60 Patient Assessment of Constipation Quality of Life 3
61 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 2
62 California Verbal Learning Test 2
63 Quality of Life Questionnaire 2
64 Caregiver Strain Index 2
65 Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale 2
66 Fall Efficacy Scale 2
67 Barthel Index 2
68 Patient Health Questionnaire 2
69 Sit to Stand Test 2
70 Gait and Fall Questionnaire 2
71 International Physical Activity Questionnaire 2
72 Starkstein Apathy Scale 2
73 Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Rating Scale 2
74 Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire 2
75 Dyskinesia Rating Scale 2
76 Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire 2
77 Bristol Stool Form Scale 2
78 Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire 2
79 Hyposmia Rating Scale 2
80 Composite Autonomic Symptom Scale 2
81 Complete Spontaneous Bowel Movement 2
82 Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Severity Index 2
83 Hopkins Verbal Learning Test 1
84 Resource Utilization in Dementia Scale 1
85 Dementia Rating Scale 1
86 Clock Drawing Test 1
87 Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 1
88 Profile of Mood States Questionnaire 1
89 Dementia Quality of Life Instrument 1
90 Sense of Competence Questionnaire 1
91 Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale 1
92 Mini Nutritional Assessment 1
93 Logical Memory Test 1
94 Wechsler Memory Scale 1
95 Caregiver Burden Inventory 1
96 Controlled Oral Word Association Test 1
97 Short Physical Performance Battery 1
98 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Rating Scale 1
99 Dysexecutive Questionnaire 1
100 Perceived Stress Scale 1
101 Dual Task Paradigm 1
102 Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test 1
103 Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly 1
104 Investigator's Global Evaluation Scale 1
105 Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination 1
106 Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale 1
107 Blessed Dementia Scale 1
108 Florida Apraxia Screening Test 1
109 Posner's Covert Attention Test 1
110 Recognition Memory for Faces and Scenes 1
111 Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence 1
112 Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory 1
113 Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 1
114 Numeric Rating Scale 1
115 Food Frequency Questionnaire 1
116 Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 1
117 Letter Fluency Task 1
118 Brief Pain Inventory 1
119 Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 1
120 Clinical Dyskinesia Rating Scale 1
121 Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders 1
122 Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication 1
123 Sheehan Disability Scale 1
124 Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale 1
125 Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale 1
126 System Usability Scale 1
127 Dynamic Gait Index 1
128 International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale 1
129 The Essential Tremor Rating Assessment Scale 1
130 Barratt Impulsiveness Scale 1
131 Dimensional Apathy Scale 1
132 Geriatric Anxiety Scale 1
133 Homeostasis Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance 1
134 Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support 1
135 Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale 1
136 Insomnia Severity Index 1
137 Satisfaction With Life Scale 1
138 World Health Organization Well-Being Index 1
139 Penetration-Aspiration Scale 1
140 EQ-VAS 1
141 Overactive Bladder Questionnaire 1
142 Patient Perception of Bladder Condition 1
143 UCLA Loneliness Scale 1
144 Iowa Gambling Test 1
145 Toronto Alexithymia Scale 1
146 Caregiver Well-Being Scale 1
147 Oral Health Impact Profile Questionnaire 1
148 ICEpop CAPability Measure 1
149 Well-Being of Person with Dementia 1
150 Visual Object and Space Perception Battery 1
151 International Prostate Symptom Score 1
152 Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care 1
153 Cohen Perceived Stress Scale 1
154 Council of Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire 1
155 McMaster Toronto Arthritis Patient Preference Questionnaire 1
156 Parkinson's Disease Activities of Daily Living Scale 1
157 Belastungsfragebogen Parkinson Angehörigen-kurzversion 1
158 Academic Medical Center Linear Disability Scale 1
159 Self-assessment Parkinson's Disease Disability Scale 1
160 Nausea Likert Scale 1
161 EDL Scale 1
162 Parkinson's Disease Functional Status Questionnaire 1
163 Conners' Continuous Performance Test 1
164 Caffeine/Smoking Questionnaire 1
165 UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale 1
166 Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor 1
167 Health Resource Utilization Questionnaire 1
168 Tinetti's Mobility Index 1
169 Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview 1
170 Overactive Bladder Symptom Composite Score 1
171 Subject Global Impression 1
172 Parkinson's Kinetigraph 1
173 Scale of Quality of Life of Care-Givers 1
174 Treatment Satisfaction with Medicines Questionnaire 1
175 Basic Palliative Care Assessment 1
176 Motor Experiences Of Daily Living 1
177 Non-Motor Aspects Of Experiences Of Daily Living 1
178 15 Words Test 1
179 Amsterdam Linear Disability Score 1
180 Dutch Reading Test 1
181 Patient Reported Outcome Scale 1
182 Rotterdam Symptom Checklist 1
183 iMTA Medical Consumption Questionnaire 1
184 iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire 1
185 Stand-Walk-Sit 1
186 Swallow Disturbance Questionnaire 1
187 Cognitive Scale 1
188 Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale 1
189 Anxiety Short Form 1
190 Leeds Anxiety and Depression Scale 1
191 Shannon Diversity Index 1
192 Aggressive Questionnaire 1
193 Empan Test 1
194 modified Cognitive Assessment 1
195 Generic Short Patient Experiences Questionnaire 1
196 Patient Reported Outcome in PD Web Questionnaire 1
197 Overactive Bladder Symptom Scale 1
198 Parkinson's Daily Activities Questionnaire 1
199 Aphasia Battery of Chinese 1
200 Delayed Memory Test 1
201 Dermatology Quality of Life Index 1
202 Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire 1
203 Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire 1
204 Rome IV Diagnostic Questionnaires 1
205 Constipation Assesment Score 1
206 Motor Aspects of Experiences of Daily Living 1
207 Treatment Satisfaction Assessment 1
208 Cambridge Hopkins Restless Leg Syndrome Questionnaire 1
209 Dutch Multifactor Fatigue Scale 1
210 Stool Consistency Questionnaire 1
211 Stool Frequency Questionnaire 1
212 Innsbruck REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder Inventory 1
213 Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology 1
214 Health Assessment Questionnaire 1
215 Toronto Alertness Scale 1
216 Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire 1
217 Digestion-Associated Quality of Life Questionnaire 1
218 Attentional Function Index 1
219 Episodic Memory Index 1
220 Memory Speed Retrieval Index composite factor 1
221 Sustained Attention Index 1
222 Working Memory Index 1
223 Patient Generated- Subjective Global Assessment 1
224 Disease Activity Score 28 1
225 Hannover Functional Ability Questionnaire 1
226 Simplified Disease Activity Index 1
227 Cleveland Clinic Constipation Scoring System 1
228 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Questionnaire 1
229 Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool 1
230 Needs Assessment Tool: Parkinson's Disease 1
231 Palliative Outcome Scale 1
232 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe 1
233 Constipation Assessment Scale 1
234 Wexner Constipation Scoring System 1
235 Godin Leisure Activity Questionnaire 1
236 Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Scale for Parkinson's Disease 1
237 Consumer Reports Effectiveness Scale 1
238 Patient-Reported Health Status Questions 1
239 Perceived Health Quality Questionnaire 1
240 Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale 1
241 Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire 1
242 Patient Assessment of Gastrointestinal Disorders Severity Quality of Life 1
243 Gesture Imitation Test 1
244 BU Hallucinations and Unusual Perceptual Experiences Questionnaire 1
245 Parkinson's Disease-Psychotic Symptoms Scale 1
246 Penn Online Evaluation of Migraine 1
247 Prodromal Questionnaire 1
248 King's PD Pain Scale 1
249 PD-Motor Symptoms Scale 1
250 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom Severity Scale 1