Economic burden and quality of life impairment increase with severity of PD
| Autor: | A Takala, H Haapaniemi, T Keränen, T Jolma, Kyösti A. Sotaniemi, E Taimela, H Kola, O Satomaa, V Laulumaa, Seppo Kaakkola, H Turunen, Tarja H. Haapaniemi, J Kovanen, A Ylikoski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Parkinson's disease Disease Statistics Nonparametric Indirect costs Physical medicine and rehabilitation Quality of life Health care Confidence Intervals medicine Cost of illness Humans Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Parkinson Disease Middle Aged medicine.disease humanities Confidence interval Patient management Neurology Quality of Life Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 9:163-168 |
| ISSN: | 1353-8020 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1353-8020(02)00097-4 |
| Popis: | Purpose . To define the interrelationship between cost-of-illness, quality of life (QoL) and Parkinson's disease (PD) severity in a common patient management setting in Finland. Scope . Two hundred and sixty consecutive outpatients with idiopathic PD participated. UPDRS, motor fluctuations, QoL, and the use of health care resources were measured. Direct and indirect costs were calculated. Conclusions . There is a strong relationship between QoL or cost-of-illness on the one hand, and severity of PD on the other. Treatment policies capable of reducing or delaying motor fluctuations would be expected to increase QoL and reduce some of the economic burden of PD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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