Research Article

Psychometric Properties of the Apathy Scale in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

Table 2

Acceptability data of the apathy scale.

ItemMinMaxMeanSDMedianFloor (%)Ceiling (%)Skew

1. Interested in learning?030.920.98145.06.70.60
2. Anything interest you?020.450.62061.70.01.04
3. Concern about your condition?030.380.74075.01.71.81
4. Much effort into things?020.420.70070.00.01.37
5. Looking for something to do?030.801.02053.310.00.98
6. Plans and goals for the future?031.421.06123.320.00.13
7. Do you have motivation?031.001.03143.38.30.48
8. Energy for daily activities?031.330.86120.05.0−0.21
9. Someone tells you what to do?030.620.96065.06.71.30
10. Indifferent to things?030.620.83058.31.70.99
11. Unconcerned with things?031.000.96135.010.00.70
12. Need to be pushed?030.870.98146.78.30.81
13. Neither happy nor sad?031.231.00126.713.30.35
14. Consider yourself apathetic?030.500.85070.03.31.48
Total score12411.556.49103.33.30.32

Max, maximum; Min, minimum; SD, standard deviation; Skew, skewness.