Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify and compare people doing interdisciplinary activities with those who do not realize, all participants in a DP association.

Background: In health care of the person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) interdisciplinarity increasing is becoming more popular. The various symptoms of both motor and non-motor can be managed in an Allied Health Care team.

Methods: Participants were evaluated for the Hoehn and Yahr (1-4), age, daily dose of levodopa, what activities they participate in and quality of life (PDQ-39), activities of daily living and motor assessment (UPDRS ADL and motor, respectively).

Results: Attended by 49 people of both genders (21 women, 28 men), all attending medical clinic neurologist, these 17 do not participate in other therapies and 32 perform at least one complementary activity (mean 2.65 ± 1.42 different therapies). Cited were Physical therapy (n = 30), Terapy Speech (n = 29), Psychology (n = 11), acupuncture (n = 11), occupational therapy (n = 11) Massage Therapy (n = 9), Pilates (n = 6), Dance (n = 3), music therapy (n = 3) Art therapy (n = 2) and hydrotherapy (n = 1). We compared the variables between them participants from non-participating interdisciplinary activities, obtaining median and interquartile range (25-75%) for participants in interdisciplinary activities, age = 62 years (54-72), levodopa = 660 mg / day (400-800), Hohen and Yahr = 2 (1-3), PDQ-39 = 23.95 (from 16.04 to 32.7), AVD = 13 (10-17), motor = 14 (7-27); and not participants, age = 65 years (57 to 72.5), levodopa = 500 mg / day (300-1000), Hohen and Yahr = 2 (1-3), PDQ-39 = 30.88 (9-40) AVD = 12 (10-16) and motor = 13 (8-22). Still, they compared participants and non-practicing multidisciplinary activities stratifying the levels of Hohen and Yahr between those with balance deficit (levels 3 and 4), and those who do not have balance problems (levels 1 and 2). There was no difference between the groups that perform and not perform interdisciplinary therapeutic activities. However, when stratifying the levels of Hohen and Yahr, we realized that there was a statistical difference at the highest level of Hohen and Yahr (levels 3 and 4), the daily dose prescribed levodopa per day, kayakers and not interdisciplinary activity practitioners (P=0.017).

Conclusions: We realize that it is relevant to the finding that this group of people with more severe PD.

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