Parkinson Hastalığı Olan Hastalarda Motor ve Motor Olmayan Semptomlar ile Yaşam Kalitesi Arasındaki İlişki.

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BackgroundParkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that implies a progressive and invalidating functional organic disorder, which continues to evolve till the end of life and causes different mental and physical alterations that influence the quality of life of those affected.ObjectiveTo determine the relationship between motor and nonmotor symptoms and the quality of life of persons with PD.MethodsAn analytic, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with patients with different degrees of PD in the Albacete Health district. The estimated sample size required was 155 patients. The instruments used for data collection included a purpose-designed questionnaire and "Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire" (PDQ-39), which measures eight dimensions and has a global index where a higher score indicates a worse quality of life. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was conducted (SPSS® IBM 24.0). Ethical aspects: informed consent and anonymized data.ResultsA strong correlation was found between the number of motor and nonmotor symptoms and global health-related quality of life and the domains mobility, activities of daily living, emotional well-being, cognitive status, and pain (p p p = 0.076).ConclusionsAll nonmotor symptoms and polypharmacy were significantly associated with a worse global quality of life.

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