Multimorbidity predicts quality of life but not motor severity in early Parkinson's disease
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Duncan, Gordon W
Khoo, Tien K
Burn, David J
Sayer, Avan A
Barker, Roger A
Lawson, Rachael Ashleigh
Yarnall, Alison Jane
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Recent guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) focuses on the management of people with multimorbidity, including Parkinson’s disease (PD). To date there has been little exploration of this in neurodegenerative diseases. This study aimed to explore the associations between multimorbidity, motor severity and quality of life (QoL) in early PD. Regression analyses determined whether multimorbidity was significantly associated with disease severity and QoL. Multimorbidity was a small but significant predictor of QoL in people with incident PD, but not motor severity, suggesting that they may benefit from a tailored multidisciplinary approach to care.
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Journal of Parkinson's Disease
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8
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4
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© 2018 IOS Press. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
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Biochemistry and cell biology
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