Anyone experienced in indirect assessment of dysfunction/dysregulation of ANS through standardized questionnaire? I'm looking for a reliable questionnaire concerning symptoms and signs of ANS dysfunction, any suggestion is welcome.
Dear Matifa,
Check this out:
Neurol Int. 2009 Nov 16; 1(1): e5.
Assessment of autonomic nervous system dysfunction in multiple sclerosis and association with clinical disability
Nilufer Kale, Setty Magana, Jale Agaoglu, and Osman Tanik
Their questionnaire was based on these papers:
Suarez GA, Opfer-Gehrking TL, Offord KP, et al. The autonomic symptom profile: a new instrument to assess autonomic symptoms. Neurology. 1999;52:523–8.
Kröz M, G Feder G, Von Laue HB, et al. Validation of a questionnaire measuring the regulation of autonomic function. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2008;5:8–2.
Mandl T, Granberg V, Jan Apelqvist J, et al. Assessment of autonomic symptoms in diabetics: the Swedish version of the Autonomic Symptom Profile. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2008;28:312–7.
Seçil Y, Yetimalar Y, Gedizlioglu M, et al. Sexual dysfunction and sympathetic skin response recorded from the genital region in women with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2007;13:742–8.
Low PA. Composite autonomic scoring scale for laboratory quantification of generalized autonomic failure. Mayo Clin Proc. 1993;68:748–52. [PubMed]
Dear Matija, there is also the Protocol of Autonomic Dysfunction containing 46 questions, the reference is:
Demmink-Geertman L, Dejonckere PH. Nonorganic habitual dysphonia and autonomic dysfunction. J Voice. 2002;16(4):549-59.
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