Survey of Home-care Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Medicine-taking and Dietary Nutritional Status

• Published in: Rigaku ryoho kagaku Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 439 - 446
• Main Authors: NAKAE, Hideyuki, SOMA, Masayuki, MISAWA, Sumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Tokyo The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2021; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: dietary nutritional status; Long term care insurance; Long term health care; medication status; Parkinson's disease
• ISSN: 1341-1667; 2434-2807
• DOI: 10.1589/rika.36.439

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to elucidate the present situation and clarify problems regarding medication, food and nutrition of home care Parkinson’s disease patients. [Participants and Methods] The study performed postal surveys of 147 home-care Parkinson’s disease patients. [Results] 23.1% of the respondents had forgotten to take medication, especially during lunch time. The duration of illness of those who forgot to take medication was significantly longer than that of those who hadn’t. The weight change from the time when the patient was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease was －4.4 ± 6.1 kg on average. The Body Mass Index was significantly lower in the long-term care insurance service user group than among those outside the group, and also in the group with fall history compared to those with no fall history. [Conclusion] These results suggest that long-term care insurance service users and patients with fall history need a support system for items like nutritional management as well as rehabilitation.