Quality of life: Research papers
- Patterns of disability, care needs, and quality of life of people with Parkinson's in a general population sample
Conclusions: People living in the community with PD have a significant burden of disability. Health related quality of life is also quite poor in people with PD compared to other disabled populations. This study helps to quantify the significant care needs of people with PD.
30 April 2012
- Prevalence of pain in Parkinson's: A systematic review using the modified QUADAS tool
Surprisingly, only 52.4% of PD patients with pain used analgesics, most often nonopioids. PD patients seem to be predisposed to develop pain and physicians should be aware of pain as a common feature of PD.
15 April 2012
- Pain in Parkinson's disease
Increased understanding of basal ganglia pathways has provided further insights into the pathogenesis of pain in PD, but the exact mechanism of pain processing and modulation remains unclear.
15 April 2012
- Impact of apathy on health-related quality of life in recently diagnosed Parkinson's disease: The ANIMO study
Apathetic PD patients showed EuroQol-5D index scores significantly lower than those without apathy (0.64 vs 0.83). In an adjusted model, apathetic PD patients were 2.49 times more likely to have lower HRQOL than nonapathetic patients (odds ratio, 2.49; 95% confidence interval, 1.494.15, P < 0.01).
15 February 2012
- Nonmotor versus motor symptoms: How much do they matter to health status in Parkinson's disease?
Findings provide a ranking order of clinical variables for their relative impact on health status in Parkinson's disease and show that depression has more than twice the impact of motor signs on health status. Anxiety and other nonmotor symptoms are also important separate determinants of poor health status in Parkinson's disease.
15 February 2012
- The development and validation of a quality of life measure for the carers of people with Parkinson's disease (the PDQ-Carer)
Survey results suggest a 29-item questionnaire tapping four dimensions of quality of life (Social and Personal Activities, Anxiety and Depression, Self care, and Strain). Internal consistency reliability was found to be high for all domains. Data completeness was high. Construct validity (assessed by correlations with a generic measure of quality of life) confirmed prior hypotheses.
08 February 2012
