Factors affecting the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease
- VernacularTitle:影响帕金森病患者生活质量的因素
- Author:
Chengjie MAO
;
Yanbo CHENG
;
Chunfeng LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Parkinson's disease;
quality of life;
influencing factor;
emotional function
- From:
Journal of Clinical Neurology
1997;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the factors affecting the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease(PD).Methods The quality of life,severity of disease,activities of daily living,motor responses,mental state and the complications of treatment in 71 patients with PD were evaluated by the PD Quality of Life Questionnaire(PDQL),Unified PD Rating Scale(UPDRS),the Hoehn-Yahr scale,the Schwab and England disability scale,the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale for Depression(HRSD),and meanwhile factors such as age,gender,age of onset,the beginning symptom,the location of onset,smoking,doses of L-dopa and fluctuations etc were evaluated by some methods.Results Bivariate analysis showed that the longer course of disease and treatment,the more doses of L-dopa,the higher scores of UPDRS and the Hoehn-Yahr scale,and depression fluctuations with patients,the worse quality of life they had(P
