Validation of a performance-based assessment of cognitive functional ability in Parkinson's disease.
Samantha K HoldenLuis D MedinaBrian HoytStefan H SillauBrian D BermanJennifer G GoldmanDaniel WeintraubBenzi M KlugerPublished in: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society (2018)
The University of California San Diego Performance-Based Skills Assessment is a valid measure of functional abilities related to cognition rather than motor symptoms in PD. Furthermore, it reliably distinguishes demented from nondemented participants. The University of California San Diego Performance-Based Skills Assessment may be considered as an outcome measure that combines cognitive and functional abilities in treatment trials for cognitive impairment in PD. © 2018 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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