Gender Differences and Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 198
• Main Authors: Crispino, Pietro, Gino, Miriam, Barbagelata, Elena, Ciarambino, Tiziana, Politi, Cecilia, Ambrosino, Immacolata, Ragusa, Rosalia, Marranzano, Marina, Biondi, Antonio, Vacante, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.12.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Animal cognition; Brain; Depression; Disease; Dopamine; Enzymes; Fatigue; Female; Females; Free radicals; Gender differences; Gene expression; Genotype & phenotype; Hemoglobin; Humans; Kinases; Male; Males; Metabolism; Mutation; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson Disease - epidemiology; Parkinson's disease; Pathogenesis; Psychological aspects; Quality of Life; Review; Sex Factors; Signal transduction; Womens health; gender; quality of life; levodopa; dopamine; Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease has been found to significantly affect health-related quality of life. The gender differences of the health-related quality of life of subjects with Parkinson’s disease have been observed in a number of studies. These differences have been reported in terms of the age at onset, c...