Impaired Quality of Life and Need for Palliative Care in a German Cohort of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Impaired Quality of Life and Need for Palliative Care in a German Cohort of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients

BackgroundParkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most frequent neurodegenerative disease of the elderly. Patients suffer from various motor and non-motor symptoms leading to reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and an increased mortality. Their loss of autonomy due to dementia, psychosis,...

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Main Authors: Martin Klietz, Amelie Tulke, Lars H. Müschen, Lejla Paracka, Christoph Schrader, Dirk W. Dressler, Florian Wegner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
advanced Parkinson’s disease
palliative care
end-of-life care
quality of life
non-motor symptoms
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00120/full

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