A telephonic survey of health-related quality of life of outpatient department dropout Parkinson's disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acta Neurol Belg
; 122(2): 519-523, 2022 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1777872
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
COVID-19 pandemic has severely jeopardized world health care. The most affected population is of elderly and patients with chronic diseases. The current study aims to investigate the health-related quality of life of Parkinson's disease outpatient dropout patients.METHODS:
In this cross-sectional telephonic observational study, we investigated the demographic features and quality of life of Idiopathic PD patients (cases) attending neurology clinics during the pre-COVID-19 pandemic for at least 6 months and dropped out after that. We then compared them with their matched controls, who started visiting clinics once the OPD began functioning again. We used the European quality of life (EQ-5Q-5D) scale to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL).RESULTS:
We recruited 31 PD patients and their 42 matched controls. 90.3% of cases reported worsening PD symptoms, and 83.8% were unable to visit a doctor despite the need. The slowness of activities, increase in tremors, and sleep disturbances were the common complaints. 26% of the patients had difficulty procuring the medicines. EQ-5D-5L and Visual analog scale scores were significantly lower in cases versus controls with between mean group difference of - 0.2837 (p < 0.001, 95% CI - 0.4269 to - 0.1377) and - 21.985 (p < 0.001, 95% CI - 31.8 to - 12.1), respectively, depicting the poor quality of life of cases.CONCLUSION:
There is a significant worsening of disease status and HRQOL of PD patients not attending OPD, which needs urgent interventions. There is an unmet need to actively track these patients and address their issues to provide holistic health care.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parkinson Disease
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Traditional medicine
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Neurol Belg
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13760-022-01891-7
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