Parkinson Anxiety Scale
Conditions of Use
Copyright of the PAS remains with the authors, but in line with the sponsor's policy, the scale can be used free of charge under the following conditions:
- The scale may not be commercialized in any way.
- In any publications, the authors will refer to the original publication of the PAS (1).
- Any translations not yet available on this website, will be send to the authors for publication on this website.
- The copyright of any translations will remain with the authors of the original PAS.
Translations
Please find all available translations below.
| Original languages |
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| English (USA) |
| Spanish (Spain) |
| French |
| Dutch |
| Certified translations | Certificate |
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| English (Australia) | Download the certificate here |
| French (Canada) | Download the certificate here |
| German (Germany) | Download the certificate here |
| German (Austria) | Download the certificate here |
| Greek (Greece) | Download the certificate here |
| Italian (Italy) | Download the certificate here |
| Japanese (Japan) | Download the certificate here |
| Korean (South Korea) | Download the certificate here |
| Spanish (Spain – translation from original English PAS) | Download the certificate here |
| Spanish (USA) | Download the certificate here |
| Swedish (Sweden) | Download the certificate here |
| Uncertified translations |
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| Persian (Iran) |
| Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Russian (Russia) |
| Chinese (China) |
| Turkish (Turkey) |
References
- Leentjens AFG, Dujardin K, Pontone GM, Starkstein SE, Weintraub D, Martinez-Martin P. The Parkinson Anxiety Scale (PAS): development and validation of a new anxiety scale Mov. Disord 2014;29:1035-43. doi: 10.1002/mds.25919.
- Leentjens AFG, Dujardin K, Marsh L, Martinez-Martin P, Richard IH, Starkstein SE, Weintraub D, Poewe W , Rascol O, Sampaio C, Stebbins GT, Goetz CG. Anxiety rating scales in Parkinson's disease: critique and recommendations. Mov Disord 2008;23:2015-2025. doi: 10.1002/mds.22233.
- Forjaz J, Martinez-Martin P, Dujardin K, Pontone GM, Starkstein SE, Weintraub D, Leentjens AFG. Is the Parkinson Anxiety Scale comparable across raters? Mov Disord 2015;30:545-51 doi: 10.1002/mds.26111.
- Santangelo G, Falco F, D'Iorio A, Cuoco S, Raimo S, Amboni M, Pellecchia MT, Longo K, Vitale C, Barone P. Anxiety in early Parkinson's disease: Validation of the Italian observer-rated version of the Parkinson Anxiety Scale (OR-PAS). J Neurol Sci 2016;367:158-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.06.008.
- Kovács M, Makkos A, Weintraut R, Karádi K, Janszky J, Kovács N. Prevalence of Anxiety among Hungarian Subjects with Parkinson's Disease. Behav Neurol 2017:1470149. doi: 10.1155/2017/1470149.
- Moraes-Ferreira R, Gomes da Costa Alves WM, Brandao-Rangel MAR, Abrahin O, Pimentel CP , Correa-Sousa E, Vieira RP, Cortinhas-Alves AE. Parkinson Anxiety Scale: A Validation Study for the Brazilian Population. J Mov Disord 2020;13:199-204. doi: 10.14802/jmd.20031.
- Jiang Y, Jiang Y, Peng T, Wang M, Li M, zhang M, Li L, Zhang Q. The psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Parkinson Anxiety Scale (C-PAS) among Parkinson’s disease. BMC Neurology 2023;23:60 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03095-9
- Schneider RB, Auinger P, Tarolli CG, Iourinets J, Gil Díaz MC, Richard IH. Change in the Parkinson Anxiety Scale correlates with change in other clinical measures of anxiety over time. Clin Park Relat Disord 2021;6:100126. https://doi:10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100126.
- Lam JST, Tosefsky KN, Tang X, Meng D, Uzelman P, Pio F, Ainsworth NJ, Vila-Rodriguez F, Howard AK, Appel-Cresswell S. Validation of the English version of the Parkinson Anxiety Scale in two Canadian Parkinson's disease samples. Clin Park Relat Disord 2025;13:100387. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2025.100387.
- .Mehdizadeh M, Eissazade N, Fereshtehnejad S-M, Shati M, Mortazavi SS, Amir S, Habibi H, Bayat H, Fendereski F, Akbari R, Sharabiani TA, Taghizadeh G. Validation of the Patient-Rated Version of the Parkinson Anxiety Scale in Iranian People with Parkinson's Disease. Clin Gerontol 2026; 49:596-604. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2025.2555573.
- Alikhani A, Salari M, Etemadifar M. Assessment of reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Parkinson's Anxiety Scale (P-PAS). Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2025;11:1-5. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2025.2458701.
- Schneider RB, Auinger P, Tarolli CG, Iourinets J, Gil Díaz MC, Richard IH. Change in the Parkinson Anxiety Scale correlates with change in other clinical measures of anxiety over time. Clin Park Relat Disord 2021;6:100126. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100126.
- Paniak I, Lewis SJG, Ehgoetz Martens KA. Measuring anxiety in Lewy Body Disease - Which scale to choose? Clin Park Relat Disord 2021;5:100110. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2021.100110.