Self-Managed Intervention for Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease

This is an 11 question, Likert scale which includes the following responses:

Not at all or never Very mild or rarely Mild, or sometimes Moderate, or often Severe, or (nearly) always. The tool is has 3 sub-scales designed to measure persistent anxiety, episodic anxiety, and avoidance behavior in Parkinson's disease. It will be administered pre and post intervention for the experimental group and pre and post enrollment for the control group. Scores from 36-48 could indicate the possibility of an anxiety disorder and the need for a clinical evaluation.

This is a 10 question Likert style tool designed to measure self-efficacy, and has the following options:

Not true at all (1 point) Hardly true (2 points) Moderately true (3 points) Exactly true.(4 points) Responses are made on a 4-point scale; final composite score range from 10 - 40. Higher scores reflect an optimistic self-belief that one can perform a novel or difficult task or cope with adversity. It will be administered pre and post intervention for the experimental group and pre and post enrollment for the control group.

This is an eight item Likert response tool designed to measure quality of life in those with Parkinson's disease and has the following options:

Never Occasionally Sometimes Often Always or cannot do at all It will be administered pre and post intervention for the experimental group and pre and post enrollment for the control group. Answers of the eight items are summed; a score of 0 (0=never) indicates good health; as the score increases (maximum score is 1000 the higher the score the poorer health).