Reliability and Validity of DIDA-Q in Parkinson's Disease

Launched by MARMARA UNIVERSITY · Mar 11, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Dual task ability is defined as the ability to perform two activities simultaneously . It is known that the ability to perform a motor or cognitive secondary activity at the same time during walking (talking to a person next to you while walking or carrying objects while walking) leads to gait and balance problems of different severity depending on the type of secondary task in Parkinson's Disease (PD). When patients with Parkinson's Disease (pwPD) are exposed to dual-task walking, their walking speed and length of stride decrease, and the frequency of freezing phenomena during walking incr...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosed with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease according to UK Brain Bank criteria
• • Walking at least 10 metres without an assistive device
• • To have the cognitive capability to understand and answer the questions asked in the scale
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having any neurological disease other than idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
• • The person has an orthopaedic or cardiopulmonary disease that affects walking
• • Severe hearing-visual impairment