The Swallowing Clinical Assessment Score in Parkinson’s Disease (SCAS-PD) Is a Valid and Low-Cost Tool for Evaluation of Dysphagia: A Gold-Standard Comparison Study

Table 4

Diagnostic properties of the Swallowing Clinical Assessment Score in Parkinson’s disease (SCAS-PD).

Diagnostic properties/frequency	Severity of dysphagia
	Functional	Any level of severity	Moderate to severe
Cutoff (points)	3	19	35
AUC (95% CI)	0.91 (0.80–1.00)	0.97 (0.92–1.00)	0.97 (0.92–1.00)
Sensitivity (%)	91.7	100	100
Specificity (%)	71.4	87.5	87.0

Any level of severity: mild, moderate, and severe; AUC: area under the curve; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.