Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease in a prospective longitudinal study
Abstract Objective To prospectively assess the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in Parkinson's disease (PD) during 12 months. Methods HrQoL was assessed in 145 PD patients using the PD-specific PDQ-39, PDQL and the generic EQ-5D. In addition, clinical rating-scales were used. Results All...
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Published in | Parkinsonism & related disorders Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 108 - 114 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Elsevier Ltd
01.03.2007
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Summary: | Abstract Objective To prospectively assess the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in Parkinson's disease (PD) during 12 months. Methods HrQoL was assessed in 145 PD patients using the PD-specific PDQ-39, PDQL and the generic EQ-5D. In addition, clinical rating-scales were used. Results All scales showed a pronounced effect of PD. In comparison to an age-matched population the EQ-5D was considerably affected. In comparison to baseline, however, there was no significant change in the generic scale but a significant change in the sum-score of disease-specific HrQoL-scales. Conclusions Only disease-specific scales were sensitive to change. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the time-dependent change in HrQoL. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1353-8020 1873-5126 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.07.009 |