TY - JOUR JF - RJMS JO - RJMS VL - 19 IS - 94 PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/4/01 TI - Quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease: Assessing with the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) TT - کیفیت زندگی در بیماران مبتلا به پارکینسون: ارزیابی با استفاده از ابزار اختصاصی سنجش کیفیت زندگی پارکینسون (PDQ-39) N2 -   Background: The aim of this study was to examine the quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) using a Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) as a measure.   Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 200 consecutive patients with PD who referred to Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hospitals were enrolled. The PDQ-39 was used for evaluation. Statistical tests like ANOVA, t-test and Spearman rank correlations were used to assess the relationship between duration and clinical stage of disease and the quality of life.   Results: The mean age of the patients was 57.32years (10.5 SD). 135(67.5%) were male and 65(32.5%) female. Most of the patients (46/5%) were in mild stage. The results showed total effect of PD on patient`s quality of life, on dimensions that measured by PDQ-39. The mean of Parkinson`s disease summary index (PDSI) was 35/17 ± 15/43.Also severity (p=0.008) and duration (p=0.0001) of disease had a significant effect on Quality of life. Quality of life deteriorated significantly with increasing disease   Conclusion: Paying attention to other dimensions of quality of life than clinical symptoms is suggested to improve health related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. SP - 33 EP - 39 AU - Mostafavian, Zahra AU - Gohardehi, Farzad AU - Shakerian, Sareh AU - Nojomi, Marzieh AU - Kiaee, Abbas AU - Gholamipour, Arash AU - Rezvani, Mohammad AD - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences KW - Parkinson\'s disease KW - Quality of life KW - The Parkinson\'s disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39). UR - http://rjms.iums.ac.ir/article-1-2099-en.html ER -