Non-Motor Symptoms Scale for Parkinson’s Disease (NMSS)
A rater-based scale to assess a wide range of non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease.
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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.
Authors: Kallol Ray Chaudhuri, Pablo Martinez-Martin, Richard G. Brown, Kapil Sethi, Fabrizio Stocchi, Per Odin, William Ondo, Kazuo Abe, Graeme MacPhee, Doug MacMahon, Paolo Barone, Martin Rabey, Alison Forbes, Kieran Breen, Susanne Tluk, Yogini Naidu, Warren Olanow, Adrian J. Williams, Sue Thomas, David Rye, Yoshio Tsuboi, Annette Hand, and Anthony H.V. Schapira: Members of the International PD Non-Motor Group.
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- Acronym: NMSS
- Year Published: 2007
- Last Updated: Unchanged since publication
- Assessment Type: ClinRO
- Estimated Time to Complete: 10-15 minutes
Eletronic builds: REDCap, Qualtrics
Inclusive Language in Clinical Outcome AssessmentsHealthcare providers should tailor the language used in COAs to reflect each patient’s gender identity. In grammatically gendered languages, the practice includes making appropriate linguistic adjustments to ensure communication is respectful and inclusive throughout the assessment process. |
Additional Scale Publications
Original Publication
Quantitation of non‐motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease
Chaudhuri KR, Martinez‐Martin P
September 2008
European Journal of Neurology; Volume 15(2):2-8
Clinimetrics
Assessing the non‐motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: MDS‐UPDRS and NMS Scale
Martinez‐Martin P, Chaudhuri KR, Rojo‐Abuin JM, Rodriguez‐Blazquez C, Alvarez‐Sanchez M, Arakaki T, Bergareche‐Yarza A, Chade A, Garretto N, Gershanik O, Kurtis MM
January 2015
European Journal of Neurology; Volume 22(1):37-43
Quantitative assessment of non-motor fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease using the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS)
Storch A, Schneider CB, Klingelhöfer L, Odin P, Fuchs G, Jost WH, Martinez-Martin P, Koch R, Reichmann H, Chaudhuri KR, Ebersbach G
December 2015
Journal of Neural Transmission; Volume 122(12):1673-84
International study on the psychometric attributes of the Non-Motor Symptoms Scale in Parkinson disease
Martinez-Martin P, Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Abe K, Bhattacharyya KB, Bloem BR, Carod-Artal FJ, Prakash R, Esselink RA, Falup-Pecurariu C, Gallardo M, Mir P
November 2009
Neurology; Volume 73(19):1584-91