ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2009
Quality of life in Serbian patients with Parkinson's disease.
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- The influence of depression, level of functioning in everyday life, and illness acceptance on quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2017Article
- Mental health and Parkinson's disease: from the cradle to the grave.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2015Review
- Comparison of the Psychological Symptoms and Disease-Specific Quality of Life between Early- and Typical-Onset Parkinson's Disease Patients.Parkinson's disease · 2014Article
- Associations of sleep disturbance symptoms with health-related quality of life in Parkinson's disease.The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2013Article
- Health-related quality of life of australians with Parkinson disease: a comparison with international studies.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) is a well-validated British scale for the assessment of health-related quality of life (QoL) in Parkinson's disease (PD).
objectiveTo validate the Serbian version of the PDQ-39, while also providing additional information on the characteristics of this instrument. PATIENT AND
methodsA total of 102 Serbian PD patients were asked to complete the PDQ-39, a disease-specific QoL questionnaire, as well as the generic, health status questionnaire (SF-36-version 1), and the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory. Neurological examination included the Hoehn and Yahr staging, Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS)-part III, Schwab and England scale, and the Mini-Mental State Examination.
resultsInternal consistency analysis yielded a Cronbach's alpha of 0.83. Cronbach's alpha was above 0.70 for seven out of eight subscales (range from 0.73 to 0.91). A hierarchical structure of the PDQ-39 was revealed, with one global higher-order factor and two lower-order factors. The strongest predictor of the QoL in PD was the presence of depression, while motor disability (UPDRS-part III score) additionally contributed to poor QoL. Cognitive impairment has not been correlated with poor QoL. Also, QoL measures were not different between young- (< or =50 years) and older-onset PD patients.
conclusionsThe PDQ-39 is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of QoL in Serbian PD patients.
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