Malmo POT Score (MAPS score)

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This questionnaire concerns symptoms related to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). It will help us to evaluate how affected you are by symptoms originating from this syndrome. We kindly ask you to fill in this questionnaire as thoroughly as possible.

Please circle the number on following scale that corresponds to your average symptoms for the past week. You should only answer once per question. If you haven’t experienced symptoms described below, circle zero (0).

There are 12 questions.

No symptoms (0) Pronounced symptoms (10)

1. Dizziness in upright position or while standing up*

2. Dizziness, feeling that you are going to faint*

3. Palpitations, high pulse, or feeling heart beating irregularly*

4. Difficult breathing/dyspnoea, both at effort and rest*

5. Chest pain*

6. Headache*

7. Concentration difficulties and/or problems with thinking*

8. Muscle pain*

9. Nausea*

10. Gastrointestinal problems (stomach-ache, diarrhoea, constipation)*

11. Abnormal tiredness that persists after rest*

12. Insomnia*

In a study of 62 POTS patients versus 50 healthy controls, “the optimal cut-off value to discriminate between POTS and healthy controls was a total MAPS score of ≥42, yielding excellent sensitivity (97%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.89–0.99) and specificity (98%; 95% CI 0.89–0.99).”

For more information on POTS, visit www.potsfoundation.org.au and

https://www.ausdoc.com.au/therapy-update/postural-orthostatic-tachycardiasyndrome/

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