ArticleBrain sciences2020
Perspectives on Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Earlier Use for Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Study of US Patients.
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- Consensus expert recommendations for referral of Parkinson's disease patients for deep brain stimulation surgery.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026Review
- Public Perceptions of Neurotechnologies Used to Target Mood, Memory, and Motor Symptoms.Device · 2025Article
- Qualitative studies involving users of clinical neurotechnology: a scoping review.BMC medical ethics · 2024Article
- Know DBS: patient perceptions and knowledge of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2024Article
- Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease-the Developing World's Perspective.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023Article
- Access to device-aided therapies in advanced Parkinson's disease: navigating clinician biases, patient preference, and prognostic uncertainty.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Review
- Deep Brain Stimulation in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease: Patient Experience after 11 Years.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Parkinson's Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation Have an Impact on My Life: A Multimodal Study on the Experiences of Patients and Family Caregivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Patient-Centered Identification of Meaningful Regulatory Endpoints for Medical Devices to Treat Parkinson's Disease.MDM policy & practiceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDeep brain stimulation (DBS) is being used earlier than was previously the case in the disease progression in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). To explore preferences about the timing of DBS, we asked PD patients with DBS whether they would have preferred the implantation procedure to have occurred earlier after diagnosis.
methodsTwenty Michigan-based patients were interviewed about both their experiences with DBS as well as their attitudes regarding the possible earlier use of DBS. We used a structured interview, with both closed and open-ended questions. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using a mixed-methods approach.
resultsWe found that the majority of our participants (72%) had high overall satisfaction with DBS in addressing motor symptoms (mean of 7.5/10) and quality of life (mean of 8.25/10). Participants were mixed about whether they would have undergone DBS earlier than they did, with five participants being unsure and the remaining nearly equally divided between yes and no.
conclusionPatient attitudes on the early use of DBS were mixed. Our results suggest that while patients were grateful for improvements experienced with DBS, they would not necessarily have endorsed its implementation earlier in their disease progression. Larger studies are needed to further examine our findings.
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