Session Information
Date: Monday, September 23, 2019
Session Title: Quality of Life
Session Time: 1:45pm-3:15pm
Location: Les Muses Terrace, Level 3
Objective: In this study we aimed to investigate stigma in Egyptian Parkinson’s disease patients using a culturally adapted Arabic version of the 39-item Parkinson’s disease questionnaire (PDQ-39).
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms.Many factors may affect quality of life in Parkinson’s disease . A significant one is the stigma experienced by the parkinsonian patients. Stigma may affect everyday life and patient’s subjective and relational perception and it may lead to frustration and isolation
Method: Ninety-seven Egyptian Parkinson’s disease patients were rated using the 39-item Parkinson’s disease questionnaire which is formed of 39 items that are grouped into eight dimensions and stigma is one of them.
Results: 86.4% of PD patients felt stigmatized . Stigma was associated with younger age of enrollment, younger age of disease onset, disease severity, impaired daily activities and cognition, as well as depression
Conclusion: This study showed the high prevalence of feeling stigmatized in a sample of Egyptian Parkinson’s disease patients. Consequently, the identification and management of this feature could help in the improvement of Health related quality of life (HRQoL) of PD patients
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
M. Salim, A. Helmy, A. Shalash, E. Abdel Dayem. Stigma in Egyptian patients with Parkinson’s disease [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2019; 34 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/stigma-in-egyptian-patients-with-parkinsons-disease/. Accessed June 14, 2025.« Back to 2019 International Congress
MDS Abstracts - https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/stigma-in-egyptian-patients-with-parkinsons-disease/