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Secondary Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Parkinson’s Disease—Results of a Polish Online Survey

The COVID-19 pandemic causes increased mental stress and decreased mobility, which may affect people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study aimed to investigate the secondary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of activity, quality of life (QoL) and PD-related symptoms. The respondents co...

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Autores principales: Krzysztoń, Karolina, Mielańczuk-Lubecka, Beata, Stolarski, Jakub, Poznańska, Anna, Kępczyńska, Katarzyna, Zdrowowicz, Agata, Domitrz, Izabela, Kochanowski, Jan
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8774235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053770
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010026
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author Krzysztoń, Karolina
Mielańczuk-Lubecka, Beata
Stolarski, Jakub
Poznańska, Anna
Kępczyńska, Katarzyna
Zdrowowicz, Agata
Domitrz, Izabela
Kochanowski, Jan
author_facet Krzysztoń, Karolina
Mielańczuk-Lubecka, Beata
Stolarski, Jakub
Poznańska, Anna
Kępczyńska, Katarzyna
Zdrowowicz, Agata
Domitrz, Izabela
Kochanowski, Jan
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description The COVID-19 pandemic causes increased mental stress and decreased mobility, which may affect people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study aimed to investigate the secondary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of activity, quality of life (QoL) and PD-related symptoms. The respondents completed an online survey in Polish in the period from December, 2020 to June, 2021. The questionnaire was completed by 47 participants aged 43 to 90 years (mean 72.1 ± 1.3 years). A total of 94% reported reduced contact with family and friends. Over 90% remained active during the pandemic. However, 55% of people with PD showed subjectively lower level of activity then before the pandemic. Moreover, 36% of the respondents felt afraid to visit a doctor and reported problems with access to medication. Subjective QoL reduction was reported by 80%, and 83% declared worsening of PD symptoms. The post pandemic deterioration of motor symptoms in people with PD did not affect their QoL. However, the deterioration of contacts and feelings of isolation had a significant impact on the decline in quality of life (p = 0.022 and p = 0.009, respectively) and the presence of anxiety (p = 0.035 and p = 0.007, respectively). These results may indicate than greater importance of social and mental factors than fitness and health-related factors in the QoL self-assessment of the people with PD.
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spelling pubmed-87742352022-01-21 Secondary Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Parkinson’s Disease—Results of a Polish Online Survey Krzysztoń, Karolina Mielańczuk-Lubecka, Beata Stolarski, Jakub Poznańska, Anna Kępczyńska, Katarzyna Zdrowowicz, Agata Domitrz, Izabela Kochanowski, Jan Brain Sci Article The COVID-19 pandemic causes increased mental stress and decreased mobility, which may affect people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study aimed to investigate the secondary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of activity, quality of life (QoL) and PD-related symptoms. The respondents completed an online survey in Polish in the period from December, 2020 to June, 2021. The questionnaire was completed by 47 participants aged 43 to 90 years (mean 72.1 ± 1.3 years). A total of 94% reported reduced contact with family and friends. Over 90% remained active during the pandemic. However, 55% of people with PD showed subjectively lower level of activity then before the pandemic. Moreover, 36% of the respondents felt afraid to visit a doctor and reported problems with access to medication. Subjective QoL reduction was reported by 80%, and 83% declared worsening of PD symptoms. The post pandemic deterioration of motor symptoms in people with PD did not affect their QoL. However, the deterioration of contacts and feelings of isolation had a significant impact on the decline in quality of life (p = 0.022 and p = 0.009, respectively) and the presence of anxiety (p = 0.035 and p = 0.007, respectively). These results may indicate than greater importance of social and mental factors than fitness and health-related factors in the QoL self-assessment of the people with PD. MDPI 2021-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8774235/ /pubmed/35053770 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010026 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mielańczuk-Lubecka, Beata
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Poznańska, Anna
Kępczyńska, Katarzyna
Zdrowowicz, Agata
Domitrz, Izabela
Kochanowski, Jan
Secondary Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Parkinson’s Disease—Results of a Polish Online Survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8774235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053770
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010026
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