ArticleGeneral psychiatry2022
Perceived stigma and quality of life in Parkinson's disease with additional health conditions.
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- Quality of life measures in Parkinson's disease: a systematic literature review of patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) and their psychometric properties.Journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the stigma experienced by people affected by Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Cross-Cultural Differences in Stigma Associated with Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2023Pooled it
- Predictors of Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease: The Role of Mental Health and Internalized Stigma.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2026Article
- Development and Psychometric Analysis of an Instrument to Assess Social Stigma Associated with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2026Article
- Stigma and social symptoms in Parkinson's disease: A scoping review.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2026Review
- Community-Based Exercise Programming for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Study.NeuroRehabilitation · 2025Article
- Concealment of Parkinsons disease prevalence and impact on health and quality of life.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Changes in Subjective Cognitive and Social Functioning in Parkinson's Disease from Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- We Hope You're Listening: Qualitative Study of Advice Given by Individuals with Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- The Interrelationship of Benefit Finding, Demoralization, and Stigma among Patients with Parkinson's Disease and Their Caregivers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Discordance between Reports of Internalized Symptoms in Persons with Parkinson's Disease and Informants: Results from an Online Survey.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Validation Study of the Parkinson's Disease Stigma Questionnaire (PDStigmaQuest).Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- Exosomes and their derivatives as biomarkers and therapeutic delivery agents for cardiovascular diseases: Situations and challenges.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2023Article
- Changes in Apathy, Depression, and Anxiety in Parkinson's Disease from before to during the COVID-19 Era.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with perceived stigma and affects quality of life (QoL). Additional health conditions may influence these consequences of PD. Aims: This study assessed the impact of health conditions on perceived stigma and QoL in persons with PD. We hypothesised that individuals with more health conditions would report more stigma and poorer QoL. We also examined the contributions of demographic and clinical characteristics to the correlations between health conditions and perceived stigma/QoL. Methods: We identified 196 eligible participants from the Boston University Online Survey Study of Parkinson's Disease and examined their health history, performance on multiple stigma measures, and scores on the 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire assessing QoL. Results: At least one health condition was reported by 79% of the sample, with a median of 2 and a range of 0-7 health conditions. More perceived stigma and poorer QoL were associated with thyroid disease, depression, anxiety, and the total number of health conditions. These correlations were related to younger age, less education, and earlier disease onset. Other health conditions (high blood pressure, back/leg surgery, headache, cancer/tumours, and heart disease) were not significantly correlated with stigma or QoL. Conclusions: Having more health conditions, or thyroid disease, depression, or anxiety, was associated with more perceived stigma and poorer QoL, with younger age, less education, and earlier disease onset affecting the associations. It is important to consider the burden of health conditions and how they affect persons with PD with specific clinical characteristics.
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