Validity of the Brazilian version of the freezing of gait questionnaire

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Jussara A. Oliveira Baggio¹  Mônica B. Curtarelli¹  Guilherme R. Rodrigues¹  Vitor Tumas¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto Department of Neuroscience and BehaviorRibeirão Preto SP ,Brazil

关键词: gait;    freezing;    scale;    validation studies;    Parkinson's disease;    marcha;    congelamento;    estudos de validação;    doença de Parkinson;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2012000800008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To validate the freezing of gait questionnaire (FOG-Q) for a Brazilian population of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. METHODS: One hundred and seven patients with a diagnosis of PD were evaluated by shortened UPDRS motor scale (sUPDRm), Hoehn and Yahr (HY), Schwab and England scale (SE), Berg balance scale (BBS), falls efficacy scale international (FES-I), gait and balance scale (GABS), and the FOG-Q Brazilian version. RESULTS: 47.7% of PD patients had FOG episodes; this group had worse scores on sUPDRSm, FOGQ, FES-I, BBS, GABS and FOG item of UPDRS when compared to the PD group without FOG. The internal consistency was 0.86, intra-rater 0.82 and inter-rater 0.78. The FOG-Q Brazilian version was significantly correlated with items related to gait and balance. The ROC curve was 0.94, the sensitivity was 0.90and specificity was 0.92. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that the FOG-Q Brazilian version is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing FOG in PD patients.

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