How Well Do Essential Tremor Patients Report Whether or Not They Have Parkinson’s Disease? Validity of Self-report Data from a Large Cohort Study
Screening, in general, can be a difficult process, but in the setting of ET and PD, the issues are particularly challenging. Our overarching goal is to fill a gap in knowledge and inform clinical researchers and treating physicians who are working with tremor populations. Although some information is garnered from asking ET patients whether they have been diagnosed with ETPD, the low sensitivity and low positive predictive values indicate that the value of self-reported PD diagnoses is limited.
Authors
- Nora Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7038-1492)
- Diane S. Berry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4867-0663)
- Vibhash D. Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5543-0305)
- Ericka D. Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1414-5908)
- Stephanie Cosentino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5684-143X)
- Elan D. Louis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2062-362X)
- T. Sloane Guy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0543-306X)
- Ethan Wainman
Institutions
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuroepidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000546137
- Primary Topic
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00