Development and Initial Validation of the Chinese Version of the Florida Surgical Questionnaire for Parkinson’s Disease

Table 3

Chinese FLASQ-PD score grouped by surgery candidacy.

Surgery candidacy	N	Section B	Section C	Section D	Section E	Total
Group A	66	8.0 ± 0.0	6.7 ± 1.3	11.3 ± 1.4	2.6 ± 1.6	28.6 ± 3.0
Group B	45	8.0 ± 0.1	5.5 ± 1.5	11.4 ± 1.4	2.1 ± 1.5	27.0 ± 2.8
Group C	4	8.0 ± 0.0	3.0 ± 0.8	11.3 ± 1.0	2.3 ± 2.1	24.5 ± 1.7
Group D	31	7.1 ± 0.7	4.7 ± 1.4	10.4 ± 1.6	1.1 ± 1.1	23.3 ± 2.8

Mean ± standard deviation; N = the number of patients with the disease; Section B = potential contraindications for DBS surgery; Section C = general patient characteristics; Section D = favorable/unfavorable characteristics for DBS surgery; Section E = medication information; Group A = idiopathic PD and ready for surgery; Group B = idiopathic PD and potentially ready for surgery in the future; Group C = idiopathic PD but never applicable for surgery; Group D = neither idiopathic PD nor a candidate for DBS surgery.