ArticleClinical parkinsonism & related disorders2026
Income, employment, and clinical outcomes in Parkinson's disease.
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- Disability weight and estimated disability-adjusted life years of patients with X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Article
- What's in a name? reframing advanced Parkinson's disease as a multidimensional state.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Socioeconomic factors such as employment status and household income may influence clinical outcomes in Parkinson's disease, yet their associations with both motor and non-motor symptoms are not well characterized. This study examined whether employment status and income are associated with cognitive complaints, depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life, and motor severity among individuals with Parkinson's disease. Methods: Data were obtained from FoxInsight, and online longitudinal cohort study. Participants aged 40 years and older with Parkinson's disease who completed self-report questionnaires were included (n = 29,826). Multilevel models examined associations between employment status and household income with cognitive complaints, depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life, and motor severity across up to three annual assessments. Results: Employment status was significantly associated with all outcomes. Compared with full-time employment, unemployment and retirement were associated with more cognitive complaints, greater depressive symptoms, poorer health-related quality of life, and greater motor severity (all p < 0.05). Part-time employment was generally associated with fewer depressive symptoms and did not significantly differ from full-time employment on several outcomes. Lower household income was significantly associated with greater depressive symptoms, poorer health-related quality of life, and greater motor severity (all p < 0.05), but was not associated with cognitive complaints. Conclusion: Employment status and household income are important social determinants of both motor and non-motor outcomes in Parkinson's disease. These findings highlight the potential clinical relevance of socioeconomic factors shaping disease experience and emphasize the need for interventions that address economic and occupational vulnerability.
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