The Evaluation Of Quality Of Life Of Relatives Caring For Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Faruk Ömer ODABAŞ; Ali Ulvi Uca

Article Details

The Evaluation Of Quality Of Life Of Relatives Caring For Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Authors:

Faruk Ömer ODABAŞ | Ali Ulvi Uca

Publisher:

Dicle University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Dicle Medical Journal 2018 Vol.45 Issue 2, pp.201-208

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2018

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000946849

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

1308-9889

pISSN:

1300-2945

Keywords:

Abstract:

 



Objective:
To evaluate quality of life (QoL) of relatives taking care of patients with idiopathic
Parkinson’s disease (IDP).

Methods:
Sixty patients with IPD and 60 patients’ relatives were included into the
study, and 50 healthy individuals consisted of the controls. In the study
group, the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)scores and the
Hoehn-Yahr Scale (HYS) stages were determined. Depression levels of the IPD
patient’s relatives and the controls were measured using the Beck Depression
Inventory (BDI), while pain and fatigue levels were found via the Visual
Analogue Scale (VAS), and QoL was assessed with shorth form-36 (SF-36). 

Findings: When
the relatives of patients with IPD were compared with the controls, a
statistically significance was found between pain, fatigue and depression
levels and SF-36 physical and mental component scores. While a positive
correlation was observed between patient’s UPDRS scores, and relatives’ BDI,
pain and fatigue levels, a negative correlation was found between SF-36
component and SF-36 physical component scores in these groups. 

Conclusions:
Decreasing QoL significantly, IPD is a disorder affecting considerably both
patients and their relatives’ lives and not only patients but also their
relatives are influenced from the condition on a large scale. As the disease
progresses, the influence becomes defined and an increase is seen in clinical
findings while a decrease is witnessed in QoL of IPD patients and their
relatives.

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Article Details

The Evaluation Of Quality Of Life Of Relatives Caring For Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Authors:

Faruk Ömer ODABAŞ | Ali Ulvi Uca

Publisher:

Dicle University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Dicle Medical Journal 2018 Vol.45 Issue 2, pp.201-208

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2018

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000946849

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

1308-9889

pISSN:

1300-2945

Parkinson’s disease

load on patients’ relatives

quality of life

Issues

Article Details

The Evaluation Of Quality Of Life Of Relatives Caring For Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

Authors: Faruk Ömer ODABAŞ | Ali Ulvi Uca

Publisher: Dicle University

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: Dicle Medical Journal 2018 Vol.45 Issue 2, pp.201-208

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2018

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000946849

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 1308-9889

pISSN: 1300-2945

Parkinson’s disease

load on patients’ relatives

quality of life

Issues

Authors:

Faruk Ömer ODABAŞ | Ali Ulvi Uca

Publisher:

Dicle University

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Dicle Medical Journal 2018 Vol.45 Issue 2, pp.201-208

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2018

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000946849

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

1308-9889

pISSN:

1300-2945