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International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease - Autonomic Dysfunction

The SCOPA-AUT was developed to evaluate autonomic symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease as well as patients with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). The scale is self-completed by patients and consists of 25 items assessing the following domains: gastrointestinal (7), urinary (6), cardiovascular (3), thermoregulatory (4), pupillomotor (1), and sexual (2 items for men and 2 items for women). 

The development of the SCOPA-AUT is part of a larger research project, the SCales for Outcomes in PArkinson’s disease (SCOPA), in which practical and clinimetric sound instruments for all relevant regions in PD are selected or developed. The SCOPA instruments were originally developed in the Dutch language. 

Authors: Visser M, Marinus J, Stiggelbout AM, Van Hilten JJ

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  • Acronym: SCOPA-AUT
  • Year Published: 2004
  • Last Updated: May 23, 2022
  • Assessment Type:  PRO
  • Estimated Time to Complete: 10-15 minutes

 Available translations: 25+ languages

  Electronic builds: REDCap, Qualtrics

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Translations

Available translations:

  • Austria-German
  • Brazil-Portuguese
  • Bulgarian
  • Canada-English
  • Canada-French
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch (Original Language-PDF)
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Israel-Hebrew
  • Israel-Arabic
  • Israel-Russian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Spanish
  • Serbian
  • Swedish
  • Turkish
  • US-Spanish

Inclusive Language in Clinical Outcome Assessments

Healthcare 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

View category: Clinimetrics  |  Clinical Use  |  Translation Program

 

Original Publication

Self-reported autonomic symptoms in Parkinson's disease: properties of the SCOPA-AUT scale
S Bostantjopoulou  , Z Katsarou, I Danglis, H Karakasis, D Milioni, C Falup-Pecurariu
April 2016
Hippokratia; Volume 20(2):115-20
 

Clinimetrics 

Assessing autonomic symptoms of Parkinson's disease with the SCOPA-AUT: A new perspective from Rasch analysis
Forjaz MJ, Ayala A, Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Frades-Payo B, Martinez-Martin P; Longitudinal Parkinson's Disease Patient Study, Estudio longitudinal de pacientes con enferedad de Parkinson- ELEP Group February 2010
European Journal of Neurology; Volume 17(2):273-9

Independent validation of the scales for outcomes in Parkinson's disease-autonomic (SCOPA-AUT)
Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Forjaz MJ, Frades-Payo B, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Martinez-Martin P; Longitudinal Parkinson's Disease Patient Study, Estudio Longitudinal de Pacients con Enfermedad da Parkinson Group 
February 2010
European Journal of Neurology; Volume 17(2):194-201

Dysautonomia rating scales in Parkinson's disease: Sialorrhea, dysphagia, and constipation--critique and recommendations by movement disorders task force on rating scales for Parkinson's disease
Evatt ML, Chaudhuri KR, Chou KL, Cubo E, Hinson V, Kompoliti K, Yang C, Poewe W, Rascol O, Sampaio C, Stebbins GT, Goetz CG 
April 2009
Movement Disorders; Volume 24(5):635-46
 

Clinical Use

Self-reported autonomic symptoms in Parkinson's disease: properties of the SCOPA-AUT scale
Bostantjopoulou S, Katsarou Z, Danglis I, Karakasis H, Milioni D, Falup-Pecurariu C 
April 2016
Hippokratia; Volume 20(2):115-20
 

Translation Program

Validation of the Korean version of the Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson’s disease-Autonomic
Kim JY, Song IU, Koh SB, Ahn TB, Kim SJ, Cheon SM, Cho JW, Kim YJ, Ma HI, Park MY, Baik JS, Lee PH, Chung SJ, Kim JM, Kim HJ, Sung YH, Kwon DY, Lee JH, Lee JY, Kim JS, Yun JY, Kim HJ, Hong JY, Kim MJ, Youn J, Kim JS, Oh ES, Yang HJ, Yoon WT, You S, Kwon KY, Park HE, Lee SY, Kim Y, Kim HT, Kim JS.
January 2017
Journal of Movement Disorders; Volume 10(1):29-34

Reliability of the Japanese version of the scales for outcomes in Parkinson's disease-autonomic questionnaire
Matsushima M, Yabe I, Hirotani M, Kano T, Sasaki H 
September 2014
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery; Volume 124:182-4

Validation of the Bulgarian version of Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease - Autonomic (SCOPA-AUT-BG)
Mantarova SG, Velcheva IV, Georgieva SO, Stambolieva KI
July 2013
Folia Med (Plovdiv); Volume 55(3-4):56-62

Psychometric properties of the SCOPA-AUT Brazilian Portuguese version
Carod-Artal FJ, Ribeiro Lda S, Kummer W, Martinez-Martin P 
January 2010
Movement Disorders; Volume 25(2):205-12

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