Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the quality of life and nutritional status of patients with PD at the University Hospital Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez.

Background: There’s no cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Comprehensive care should be provided to these patients in order to improve quality of life.¹

Methods: Patients between 47 and 88 years old were included. Patient nutritional status was assessed by a nutritional history and measurement of weight, height and body mass index (BMI). The Parkinson’s disease Questionnaire 8 (PDQ8) was applied to assess quality of life. Patients were divided by gender, age and Hoehn and Yahr stage.²³

Results: A total of 24 patients were included, 14 (58.3%) were women. PDQ8 median was 7 ± 6.4. Better quality of life was found in obese female patients, obese male patients, patients older than 60 years old with obesity, patients younger than 60 years old with obesity, and in patients with mild HY stage (1-3) with obesity. Female patients with overweight, male underweight patients, overweight patients older than 60 years old, patients younger than 60 years old with normal weight and overweight patients in the mild stage of the HY scale were found to have worse quality of life. Patients in the severe HY stage (4-5) had normal weight.

Conclusions: A bias was found in the HY stages in this population, which may explain why no significant relationship between quality of life and nutritional status was found. It is recommended to extend the study to include more advanced stages to reach a successful conclusion about the relationship between these two variables.

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