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| Measuring the impact of Parkinson's disease with the Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire | | Author(s) | Peter Hobson, Arthur Holden, Jolyon Meara |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 28, no 4, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 341-346 |
| Keywords | Parkinson's disease ; Quality of life ; Questionnaires ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The validity of the 37-item Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life questionnaire (PDQL), a patient-specific multi-dimensional quality of life measure, was assessed in a community-based sample of 194 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Disease severity was measured by the disease-specific Webster scale, cognition by the CAMCOG neuropsychological test, and depressive symptomatology by the self-report 15-item GDS-15 geriatric depression scale. 136 patients returned completed PDQL questionnaires. Significant differences emerged between the pooled PDQL score of patients grouped on the basis of disease severity. Depressive symptoms and cognition were also associated with poorer perceived quality of life as measured by the PDQL. Results of this study are indicative of the PDQL's validity as an important additional measurement which reflects the impact of PD from the patient perspective. It shows poorer quality of life to be associated with increasing age, disease severity, more severe depressive symptomatology and impaired cognitive functioning. However, responsiveness of this instrument in the evaluation of PD remains to be determined. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990715218 A |
| Classmark | CR6: F:59: 3DA: 4C |
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