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https://doi.org/10.57140/mj.55.2.2

Psychometric properties of the Croatian version of the Non-motor Symptoms Scale in Parkinson’s disease

Zvonimir Užarević ; University of Osijek, Faculty of Education, Department of natural sciences, Osijek, Croatia
Anamarija Soldo Koruga ; Clinical hospital centre Osijek, Department of neurology, Osijek, Croatia; University of Osijek, Faculty of medicine, Department of neurology and neurosurgery, Osijek, Croatia
Filip Petković orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-1879 ; University of Osijek, Faculty of Education, Department of natural sciences, Osijek, Croatia; Center for the Provision of Services in Community Osijek "ME as well as YOU"
Ivana Kampić ; Clinical hospital centre Osijek, Department of neurology, Osijek, Croatia; University of Osijek, Faculty of dental medicine and health, Department of psychiatry and neurology, Osijek, Croatia
Željka Popijač ; Clinical hospital centre Osijek, Department of neurology, Osijek, Croatia; University of Osijek, Faculty of dental medicine and health, Department of nursing and palliative medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Silva Butković Soldo ; University of Osijek, Faculty of Education, Department of natural sciences, Osijek, Croatia; University of Osijek, Faculty of dental medicine and health, Department of psychiatry and neurology, Osijek, Croatia; Academy of medical sciences of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

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Objectives: The objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Croatian version of the
Non-Motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS), a tool to assess non-motor symptoms (NMSs) in Parkinson’s disease
(PD).
Methods: A cross-cultural adaptation of the NMSS into Croatian and a psychometric analysis of the
translated version of the NMSS was carried out in PD patients. NMSS includes nine domains:
cardiovascular, sleep/fatigue, mood/cognition, perceptual problems/hallucinations, attention/memory,
gastrointestinal tract, urinary, sexual function and miscellaneous. The quality of data was descriptively
analysed, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient assessed internal consistency. Pearson correlations were
performed on the nine domains. The level of significance was set to p<0.05.
Results: 76 PD patients were assessed (mean age 68.4±9.6 years; 45% women; mean length of disease
8.7±4.6 years). Mean NMSS score was 110.68±58.76, where the more common NMSs in PD patients were
related to the following domains: mood/cognition (22.86 %), sleep/fatigue (19.74 %), sexual function
(13.65 %) and urinary (11.58 %). Cronbach’s alpha for the NMSS total score was 0.92 (range for domains:
0.48-0.96). Total NMSS score was highly correlated with each of the nine domains (Pearson correlation
range: 0.45-0.82).
Conclusions: The Croatian version of NMSS can be considered a comprehensive and helpful measure
for NMSs in Croatian-speaking PD patients.

Ključne riječi

Croatia; Parkinson’s disease; non-motor symptoms; Non-Motor Symptoms Scale

Hrčak ID:

332506

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/332506

Datum izdavanja:

20.6.2025.

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