Rating Scales

MDS-Owned Rating Scales

Permissions for industry or clinical use of the MDS-developed rating scales are available from MDS International Secretariat by clicking on the Scale Permissions Form below.

MDS-UPDRS
Training Program & Exercise
(Free for MDS members)

Additional fees apply for clinical trials. Click here.

NINDS Common Data Elements Project

The following scales are owned and licensed by MDS (NOTE: the title links to the full paper, and is followed by a link to the actual scale):

Asterisk (*) indicates scale was developed by MDS.
Plus symbol (+) indicates a working translation of scale is available.

 

Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale (UHDRS)

To obtain permission to use the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale, please contact Liz McCarthy by e-mail at Liz.McCarthy@ctcc.rochester.edu at the Huntington Study Group. You may also order the UHDRS teaching tape through the Huntington Study Group. More information about the UHDRS can be found here.

 

 

MDS-Recommended Rating Scales

About 'Recommended' Scales
According to the current definition (which has slightly evolved over time), a scale is considered "recommended" if it has been applied to PD populations, there are data on its use in studies beyond the group that developed the scale, and it has been studied clinimetrically* and found valid, reliable and sensitive to change.

*The latter requirement refers to clinimetric testing in any population of patients, but scales tested in PD populations with good clinimetric profiles are favored over those successfully tested in other populations, but not PD. Among Recommended scales, this prioritization is discussed in the body of the report and conclusions.

To read all Committee reports, click here.

- Anette Schrag
Chair, Rating Scales in Movement Disorders

The following rating scales have been recommended by The Movement Disorder Society's Task Force on Rating Scales in Movement Disorders.

The scales that are proprietary and require permission for use include e-mail and/or other contact information.

Anxiety

No scales recommended at this time 

Apathy

Apathy Scale (AS)

Depression

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D)
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)

Dysautonomia

Assessment of Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease: The SCOPA-AUT
Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) (Includes NMSQ)

Dyskinesia

Rush Dyskinesia Rating Scale

Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorder Society - Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS)
Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF)

Psychosis

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)
Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS)
Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)

 

For more information about any of these scales, contact the MDS International Secretariat:

The Movement Disorder Society
International Secretariat
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823, USA
Tel: +1 414-276-2145
Fax: +1 414-276-3349
E-mail: jmctavish@movementdisorders.org