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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Rachael LawsonORCiD, Professor Alison Yarnall, Dr Gordon Duncan, Dr Tien Kheng Khoo, Daniel Collerton, Professor John-Paul TaylorORCiD, Professor David BurnORCiD
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BACKGROUND: Poor quality of life (QoL) is a feature of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) who develop dementia. The relationship between mild cognitive impairment in PD (PD-MCI) and QoL is less clear. To address this, we studied the impact of varying severities of cognitive impairment on QoL in a cohort of non-demented patients with early PD.METHOD: Patients with newly diagnosed PD (n = 219) and age and sex matched healthy controls (n = 99) completed a schedule of neuropsychological tests, in addition to scales assessing QoL (PDQ-39), depression, sleep, neuropsychiatric symptoms and a clinical examination. The Movement Disorder Society criteria were used to define and classify PD-MCI.RESULTS: Participants with PD-MCI were significantly older than those with normal cognition, had more severe motor symptoms, scored higher for depression and had poorer quality of life. Logistic regression showed that mild cognitive impairment, independent of other factors, was an indicator of poorer QoL. Using cognitive performance 2.0 standard deviations (SD) below normative data as a cut-off to define PD-MCI, there was a significant difference in QoL scores between patients with PD-MCI and those classified as having normal cognition. Subjects with less severe mild cognitive impairment did not exhibit significant differences in QoL.CONCLUSIONS: PD-MCI is a significant, independent factor contributing to poorer QoL in patients with newly diagnosed PD. Those classified with greatest impairment (2.0 SD below normal values) have lower QoL. This has implications for clinical practice and future interventions targeting cognitive impairments
Author(s): Lawson RA, Yarnall AJ, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Breen DP, Barker RA, Collerton D, Taylor JP, Burn DJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Year: 2014
Volume: 20
Issue: 10
Pages: 1071-1075
Print publication date: 01/10/2014
Online publication date: 18/07/2014
Acceptance date: 08/07/2014
Date deposited: 07/11/2014
ISSN (print): 1353-8020
ISSN (electronic): 1873-5126
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.07.004
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.07.004
PubMed id: 25074728
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