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- Title
Factors influencing psychological well-being in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
- Authors
Nicoletti, Alessandra; Mostile, Giovanni; Stocchi, Fabrizio; Abbruzzese, Giovanni; Ceravolo, Roberto; Cortelli, Pietro; D’Amelio, Marco; De Pandis, Maria F.; Fabbrini, Giovanni; Pacchetti, Claudio; Pezzoli, Gianni; Tessitore, Alessandro; Canesi, Margherita; Zappia, Mario
- Abstract
Background: Both motor and non-motor symptoms could contribute to significant deterioration of psychological well-being in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, its assessment has been only indirectly evaluated using tools based on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), such as the PDQ-39 scale. Objectives: To evaluate psychological well-being in PD using a specific tool of assessment, the Psychological Well-being Scale (PWS), and its clinical correlates. Methods: This article reports data of patients’ perception of health state, as measured by means of the PWS, from an epidemiological, cross-sectional study conducted in Italian PD patients (FORTE Study). We tested possible relationship between well-being and clinical characteristics including fatigue, depression, sleep disruption and HRQoL. Results: 272 patients completed the PWS questionnaire. Significant and clinically-relevant correlations were found between PWS total score and Parkinson’s Fatigue Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, UPDRS Section I, PD Sleep Scale and PDQ-39 for HRQoL scores. Only clinically negligible correlations were found between PWS and motor scores. Conclusions: Non-motor symptoms have a significant impact on psychological well-being in PD patients.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being; PARKINSON'S disease; QUALITY of life; MOTOR ability; PATIENT psychology; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0189682