Motor Symptoms Determining Disease-Specific Quality of Life in Parkinson's Patients PARKİNSON HASTALARINDA HASTALIĞA ÖZGÜ YAŞAM KALİTESİNİ BELİRLEYEN MOTOR SEMPTOMLAR

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YAŞA M. E., SONKAYA R., Korkmaz B., Findik B. N., YAŞAR Ş., ÖZTÜRK B., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of Inonu University Vocational School of Health Services, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.1042-1055, 2024 (Scopus, TRDizin)

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With the ageing of societies and the increase in predisposing factors, a Parkinson pandemic is expected soon. This situation requires further research into the effects of Parkinson's disease. A Parkinson's pandemic, which is foreseen soon due to the aging of societies and the increase in predisposing factors, necessitates further research on the effects of this disease. This study was planned to investigate the motor symptoms that determine the disease-specific quality of life in a cohort of Parkinson's patients living in the Turkish community. The motor functions were evaluated with part 3 of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, upper extremity functions with the 9-hole peg test (9DPT), and quality of life with the Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale-Short Form (PDQ-8). The motor symptoms that contributed the most to the disease-specific quality of life score was analyzed with backward linear regression analysis. The study was completed with 100 idiopathic Parkinson's patients (49 female, 51 male) with a mean age of 64.43±9.67 (years). 9DPT completion time (p<0.001), hand pronation/supination (p=0.027), freezing of gait (p=0.037), postural stability (p=0.023), and postural tremor in the hands (p=0.045) significantly affected the PDQ-8 score. This study revealed that impaired hand functions, freezing of gait and postural instability are the motor symptoms that determine the quality of life in Parkinson's patients. These findings will be significant in setting early rehabilitation goals.