Resolving Missing Data from the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale: Implications for Telemedicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine has become standard in clinical care and research during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Remote administration of Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Part III (Motor Examination) precludes ratings of all items, because Rigidity and Postural Stability (six scores) require in-person rating.

Objective

The objective of this study was to determine imputation accuracy for total-sum and item-specific MDS-UPDRS Motor Examination scores in remote administration.

Methods

We applied multivariate imputation by chained equations techniques in a cross-sectional dataset where patients had one MDS-UPDRS rating (International Translational Program, n = 8,588) and in a longitudinal dataset where patients had mult

SUBMITTER: Luo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9391277 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature