1. Influence of Motor Symptoms upon the Quality of Life of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
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Gómez-Esteban, J.C., Zarranz, J.J., Lezcano, E., Tijero, B., Luna, A., F.Velasco, Rouco, I., and Garamendi, I.
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PARKINSON'S disease ,QUALITY of life ,BRAIN diseases ,MENTAL health ,GAIT disorders - Abstract
We studied the impact of various motor and nonmotor symptoms upon quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study comprised 110 patients with PD (age: 68.6 years, course of the disease: 7.6 years). The Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS; I–IV) and Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) were recorded. We recorded the correlations between years of disease and UPDRS IV, as well as PDQ-39 and UPDRS I, II, III and IV. Introduction of all variables into a linear regression model showed that 3 variables accounted for 51% of the variance in PDQ-39. Mental condition, gait disorders and complications of dopaminergic drugs are the variables that most affect the quality of life of patients with PD. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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