Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST)
Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST)
Acronym: QUEST
Authors: Alexander I. Tröster, Rajesh Pahwa, Julie A. Fields, Caroline M. Tanner, Kelly E. Lyons
The Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) is a 30-item scale developed specifically for patients with essential tremor to measure items impacting perceived quality of life (QOL) that generic QOL measures do not effectively capture, including activities of daily living that are affected by essential tremor. The QUEST was made to be relatively brief and easy for patients to use.
Original Publication │ View the Scale (PDF)
To request permission to use this Rating Scale, please fill out a Permission Request Form. Scale translations are available upon request. Please contact ratingscales@movementdisorders.org for more information.
Year Published: 2005
Last Updated: February 21, 2018
Estimated Time to Complete: 5-10 minutes for most patients
Assessment Type: PRO
Additional Publications:
Elble R, Bain P, João Forjaz M, Haubenberger D, Testa C, Goetz CG, Leentjens AF, Martinez‐Martin P, Pavy‐Le Traon A, Post B, Sampaio C, Stebbin GT, Weintraub D, Schrag A. Task force report: Scales for screening and evaluating tremor: Critique and recommendations. Movement Disorders. 2013 Nov;28(13):1793-1800.
Martínez-Martín P, Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, García EC, Alonso-Navarro H, Rubio L, Calleja P, Díaz-Sánchez M, Benito-León J. Most of the Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) psychometric properties resulted in satisfactory values. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2010 Jul 1;63(7):767-73.
Tröster AI, Pahwa R, Fields JA, Tanner CM, Lyons KE. Quality of life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST): development and initial validation. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2005 Sept;11(6):367-373.