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

Table 4

Descriptive data of Parkinson’s disease Activities of Daily Living Scale (PADLS) scores across Hoehn & Yahr stages.

Hoehn & Yahr		PADLS, median; (first-third quartile)	Need help from others in; daily activities, n
Stage	(%)
I	50 (20)	2 (1-2)	5 (10%)
II	72 (29)	2 (1-2)	11 (15%)
III	67 (27)	2 (2-2)	12 (18%)
IV-V	61 (24)	3 (2–3.5)	38 (62%)

dichotomized: those who scored >2 were classified as needing help from others.