SynthesisJournal of neurology2023
Role of expectations in clinical outcomes after deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.
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- Transcranial Pulse Stimulation Enhances Dexterity in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026Trial
- Psychiatric consultation outcomes in deep brain stimulation candidacy: clinical and psychosocial correlates from a retrospective cohort.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Cognitive trajectories in Parkinson's disease patients, a review on the impact of subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) and emerging adaptive strategies.Translational psychiatry · 2026Review
- Parkinson's Disease Multidisciplinary Complex Therapy (PD-MCT): appreciation of its current function for the treatment of people with Parkinson's disease in Germany and the needs of future development.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- Propensity-matched multicenter comparison of Parkinson's disease outcomes with and without deep brain stimulation.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- The Role of a Social Worker in the Deep Brain Stimulation Preoperative Evaluation: The DBS-FACTS Screening Tool.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025Article
- Triple perspective: assessing deep brain stimulation outcomes in Parkinson's disease.BMC neurology · 2025Observational
- Exploring gendered experiences of Parkinson's disease patients and their carers: implications for decision-making in Deep Brain Stimulation.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Adaptation and Validation of a Treatment Expectations Scale for Hospitalized Patients-Spanish Patient Version.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Patient, target, device, and program selection for DBS in Parkinson's disease: advancing toward precision care.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Review
- Mitigating uncertainty and improving nursing quality: information needs for patients and their families regarding intensive care unit (ICU) tours for lung cancer surgery.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Pallidal and Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Unilateral Dystonia: A Prospective Assessment.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
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Abstract
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established treatment that significantly improves the motor symptoms of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD); however, patients may experience post-operative psychological distress and social maladjustments. This phenomenon has been shown to be related to patients' pre-operative cognitive representations, such as expectations. In this systematic review, we discuss the findings on the role of the expectations of patients with PD regarding the clinical outcomes of DBS to identify areas of intervention to improve pre-operative patient education and promote successful post-operative psychosocial adjustment. PubMed was searched for relevant articles published up to 16 January 2023. Of the 84 identified records, 10 articles focusing on the treatment expectations of patients with PD undergoing DBS were included in this review. The selected studies were conducted among cohorts of patients with different DBS targets, among which the most common was the bilateral subthalamic nucleus. Overall, the data showed that patients' expectations contribute to treatment efficacy. Experiments investigating the placebo effect itself have shown clinical improvement after the induction of positive therapeutic expectations; conversely, unrealistic treatment expectations can affect patient satisfaction after surgery, clinical outcomes, and subjective well-being. This review highlights the need for routine clinical practice to better investigate and manage patients' pre-operative expectations, as well as multidisciplinary education to improve patient satisfaction and psychosocial adjustment after DBS.
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