Name of questionnaire | Augmentation Severity Rating Scale (ASRS) |
Type of questionnaire-description,age |
Quantitative measure of augmentation severity (worsening of restless legs syndrome (RLS) symptoms during treatment). To be used at baseline and then administered prospectively during treatment. |
Number of items | 3 |
Number of domains /categories | 3 |
Name of categories/domains | Not applicable |
Scaling of items | 0-8 per item |
Scoring available: with permission or free | 0-24 0=no augmentation, 24= very severe augmentation |
Scoring test-retest reliability | Yes, rho=0.72 |
Scoring Internal consistency | Yes, Cronbach's alpha = 0.62 |
Validity | Yes, assessed by the correlation between the worst ASRS total score and the expert rating |
Available forms (short and/or long etc.) | N/A |
Language | English |
Translations in other languages (if yes, then list the languages) | Czech Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish |
Developer name | The European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (EURLSSG) |
Developer contact information | Mapi Research Trust PROVIDE™ 27 rue de la Villette 69003 Lyon, France Telephone: +33 (0)4 72 13 65 75 |
Availability of questionnaire: needs permission from developer, cost or freely available |
Use with permission from Mapi Research Trust |
Limitations | Needs interviewer expertise-i.e. skilled clinician interpretation |
Link to the questionnaire (if available) | https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/augmentation-severity-rating-scale |
Other comments | Baseline value must be obtained prior to therapy initiation. Subsequent assessments are compared to baseline value to determine presence/severity of augmentation (recommended cutoff score of 5 for augmentation) |
Patient populations in who questionnaire has been validated | Adult RLS patients aged 18-80 years |
References (including original publication, validity and reliability in different countries/languages, populations and long/short versions) |
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Updated by | Jing Wang, MD |
The last date of update | October 2022 |