Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST)
Measures items that impact perceived quality of life that generic QOL measures do not effectively capture.
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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.
Authors: Alexander I. Tröster, Rajesh Pahwa, Julie A. Fields, Caroline M. Tanner, Kelly E. Lyons
Original Publication │ View the Scale (PDF)
Scale translations are available upon request. Contact ratingscales@movementdisorders.org for more information.
- Acronym: QUEST
- Year Published: 2005
- Last Updated: February 21, 2018
- Estimated Time to Complete: 5-10 minutes for most patients
- Assessment Type: PRO
Eletronic builds: REDCap
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Additional Scale Publications
Original Publication
Quality of life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST): development and initial validation
Tröster AI, Pahwa R, Fields JA, Tanner CM, Lyons KE
September 2005
Parkinsonism Related Disorders; Volume 11(6):367-73
Clinimetrics
Minimal clinically important difference for the Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire
Pintér D, Makkos A, Kovács M, Janszky J, Kovács N
May 2019
Movement Disorders; Volume 34(5):759-60
Most of the Quality of Life in Essential Tremor Questionnaire (QUEST) psychometric properties resulted in satisfactory values
Martínez-Martín P, Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, García EC, Alonso-Navarro H, Rubio L, Calleja P, Díaz-Sánchez M, Benito-León J
July 2010
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology; Volume 63(7):767-73
Critique and Recommendations
Task force report: Scales for screening and evaluating tremor: Critique and recommendations
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, Stebbins GT, Weintraub D, Schrag A
November 2013
Movement Disorders; Volume 28(13):1793-800