Regular Exercise, Quality of Life, and Mobility in Parkinson’s Disease: A Longitudinal Analysis of National Parkinson Foundation Quality Improvement Initiative Data

Autor: Kan Li, Tanya Simuni, Miriam R. Rafferty, Sheng Luo, Thomas L. Davis, Fernando Cubillos, Mark Guttman, Connie Marras, Peter Schmidt
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: BACKGROUND Research-based exercise interventions improve health-related quality of life (HRQL) and mobility in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE To examine whether exercise habits were associated with changes in HRQL and mobility over two years. METHODS We identified a cohort of National Parkinson Foundation Quality Improvement Initiative (NPF-QII) participants with three visits. HRQL and mobility were measured with the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) and Timed Up and Go (TUG). We compared self-reported regular exercisers (≥2.5 hours/week) with people who did not exercise 2.5 hours/week. Then we quantified changes in HRQL and mobility associated with 30-minute increases in exercise, across PD severity, using mixed effects regression models. RESULTS Participants with three observational study visits (n = 3408) were younger, with milder PD, than participants with fewer visits. After 2 years, consistent exercisers and people who started to exercise regularly after their baseline visit had smaller declines in HRQL and mobility than non-exercisers (p
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