Session Information
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Session Title: Non-Motor Symptoms
Session Time: 1:15pm-2:45pm
Location: Agora 3 West, Level 3
Objective: We analyzed professional activity in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with and without impulse control disorder (ICD) from a single center cohort study in Moscow, Russia using the E.A. Klimov [1] classification of typology of professions for the first time.
Background: Professional activity in PD can be analyzed to 5 typology grades according to professional affiliations: nature, technology, man, artistic image, sign system.
Method: 51 PD patients with ICD (PD+ICD, mean age 65,8±8 years, mean disease duration 6,6±4,94 years, LEDD 731±454 mg) and 36 patients without ICD (PD-ICD, mean age 70,6±5,9 years, mean disease duration 7,53±4,9 years, LEDD 760,4±342,1 mg) were classified using Klimov system as follows: “Man-Nature”= professions related to transformation, study and conservation of nature (agronomist etc), “Man-Technology” = professions associated with the creation, maintenance and operation of equipment (engineer, builder etc.), “Man-Man” = training and education (doctor, teacher etc), “Man-Sign system” = working with sign systems such as numeric, mathematical, “Man-Artistic image” = professions related to creation and artistry (actor, singer etc).
Results: Klimov classification of professions according to PD+ICD and PD-ICD subgroups are shown in Table 1 [table1]. The «Man-Artistic image» category was significantly overrepresented in the PD+ICD versus PD-ICD group (p<0.05) (Table 1). All other professional categories were similar between the two groups except «Man-Nature» which was not recorded in the PD+ICD group.
Conclusion: Professions related to the “Man-Artistic image” category appears to be significantly associated with PD+ICD group and may reflect high rates of reward seeking behavior which may predispose to ICD in these professional groups
References: [1] Klimov EA. Psychology of Professional Self Determination (in Russian), Moscow, 2004, pp 304
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
N. Titova, N. Shipilova, E. Katunina. Professional characteristics of people with or without impulse control disorders in Parkinson’s disease from a single centre cohort study, Moscow, Russia [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2019; 34 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/professional-characteristics-of-people-with-or-without-impulse-control-disorders-in-parkinsons-disease-from-a-single-centre-cohort-study-moscow-russia/. Accessed June 14, 2025.« Back to 2019 International Congress
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