Psychometric Evaluation of the Parkinson’s Disease Activities of Daily Living Scale

Table 2

Score distribution of the Parkinson’s disease Activities of Daily Living Scale (PADLS).

PADLS response options (abbreviated)	n
(1) No difficulties with day-to-day activities	54 (22)
(2) Mild difficulties with day-to-day activities	130 (52)
(3) Moderate difficulties with day-to-day activities	49 (20)
(4) High levels of difficulties with day-to-day activities	11 (4)
(5) Extreme difficulties with day-to-day activities	6 (2)
Mean score (SD)	2.1 (0.9)
Median (first-third quartile)	2 (2-3)
Skewness (SE)	0.94 (0.15)
Floor/ceiling effect

person did not respond to the PADLS, resulting in n = 250.