Research Article
Psychometric Properties of the Apathy Scale in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease
Table 2
Acceptability data of the apathy scale.
| Item | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Median | Floor (%) | Ceiling (%) | Skew |
| 1. Interested in learning? | 0 | 3 | 0.92 | 0.98 | 1 | 45.0 | 6.7 | 0.60 | 2. Anything interest you? | 0 | 2 | 0.45 | 0.62 | 0 | 61.7 | 0.0 | 1.04 | 3. Concern about your condition? | 0 | 3 | 0.38 | 0.74 | 0 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 1.81 | 4. Much effort into things? | 0 | 2 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 1.37 | 5. Looking for something to do? | 0 | 3 | 0.80 | 1.02 | 0 | 53.3 | 10.0 | 0.98 | 6. Plans and goals for the future? | 0 | 3 | 1.42 | 1.06 | 1 | 23.3 | 20.0 | 0.13 | 7. Do you have motivation? | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1 | 43.3 | 8.3 | 0.48 | 8. Energy for daily activities? | 0 | 3 | 1.33 | 0.86 | 1 | 20.0 | 5.0 | −0.21 | 9. Someone tells you what to do? | 0 | 3 | 0.62 | 0.96 | 0 | 65.0 | 6.7 | 1.30 | 10. Indifferent to things? | 0 | 3 | 0.62 | 0.83 | 0 | 58.3 | 1.7 | 0.99 | 11. Unconcerned with things? | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 1 | 35.0 | 10.0 | 0.70 | 12. Need to be pushed? | 0 | 3 | 0.87 | 0.98 | 1 | 46.7 | 8.3 | 0.81 | 13. Neither happy nor sad? | 0 | 3 | 1.23 | 1.00 | 1 | 26.7 | 13.3 | 0.35 | 14. Consider yourself apathetic? | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.85 | 0 | 70.0 | 3.3 | 1.48 | Total score | 1 | 24 | 11.55 | 6.49 | 10 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.32 |
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Max, maximum; Min, minimum; SD, standard deviation; Skew, skewness.
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