Prescription pattern and awareness of disease and treatment in patients of Parkinson's disease

Autor:	Sandip V. Kapse, Raakhi K Tripathi, Anirudha Vyankatesh Potey
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Parkinson's disease Cross-sectional study Aftercare Disease 050105 experimental psychology Antiparkinson Agents 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences In patient Medical prescription Practice Patterns Physicians' Aged Polypharmacy business.industry 05 social sciences Parkinson Disease Awareness Middle Aged medicine.disease Defined daily dose Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Linear Models Drug Therapy Combination Female Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj:	Neurodegenerative disease management. 7(5)
ISSN:	1758-2032
Popis:	Aim: This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the prescription pattern, awareness of disease and treatment in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Materials & methods: A total of 100 PD patients, attending a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai were included. Prescriptions were analyzed and awareness was evaluated using a questionnaire. Results: The mean number of anti-Parkinson agents (APA) prescribed was 1.52 ± 0.65. Number of APA strongly correlated with disease duration (ρ = 0.818; p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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