A Pandemic Care Partner Summit: Online Program Helps Parkinson’s Care Partners Take Positive Actions
Objective: The Parkinson’s Foundation Care Partner Summit | Cumbre Para Cuidadores was held virtually on May 16, 2020 in the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic.…Life Satisfaction and Adaptation in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning of LS and adaptation in persons with PD. Background: Persons with Parkinson’s disease…Validation of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in Parkinson’s Disease During a Period of Social Distancing
Objective: To examine the association between UCLA loneliness questionnaire (ULQ) scores and motor and non-motor symptoms (NMS) and Quality of Life (QoL) in Parkinson Disease…Strategies for Social Prescribing: Combating Loneliness in Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To examine the association between online social engagement (SE) including exercise & support groups, phone calls/video chats and daily outings with motor and non-motor…The experiences of treatment burden in people with Parkinson’s (PwP) and their caregivers: a systematic review of qualitative studies
Objective: To explore the experiences of treatment burden among PwP and their caregivers. Background: Treatment burden is defined as ‘the workload of healthcare and its…Quality of Life, Perceived Social Support and Caregiver Burden in Parkinson’s Disease
Objective: To study the quality of life, caregiver burden and caregiving needs among persons with Parkinson’s disease (PWPD) and their primary caregivers in a low…Parkinson’s Disease, Cognitive Function: Exploration of the Relation of Multi-Domain Computerized Cognitive Testing and IADL (instrumental activities of daily living) and Neuro-QoL Upper Extremity Function (Fine Motor, ADL)
Objective: Explore and compare the associations of upper extremity function and global cognitive score to impairment of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in people…Caregiver burden in patients with Parkinson disease
Objective: To analyze caregiver burden in PD patients in respect to patient`s quality of life, disease stage and treatment option. Background: Parkinson`s disease (PD) is…The impact of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Asian cervical dystonia patients treated with Botulinum toxin injections
Objective: To explore the effect of postponement of BoNT injections on symptoms and quality of life (QoL) in patients with CD during COVID-19 related lockdowns.…A young man with rapidly progressive spastic hemiplegia.
Objective: A 17 years-old male develops rapidly progressive impairment of balance and gait, left sided weakness, falls, headache, vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia. No history of…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.