scholarly journals Multimethod assessment of everyday functioning and memory abilities in Parkinson’s disease.

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Fellows ◽  
Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Multimethod Assessment

scholarly journals Everyday functioning in Parkinson's disease: Evidence from the Revised-Observed Tasks of Daily Living (OTDL-R)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 167-170
Author(s):  
Francesca V. Lopez ◽  
Beata Ferencz ◽  
Brittany Y. Rohl ◽  
Erin Trifilio ◽  
Bonnie Scott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Everyday Functioning

scholarly journals Assessing Preoperative Hope and Expectations Related to Functional Neurosurgery: A New Questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michalina Radomska ◽  
Joao Flores Alves dos Santos ◽  
Kerstin Weber ◽  
Marc Baertschi ◽  
Pierre R. Burkhard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Temporal Lobectomy ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Functional Neurosurgery ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Representations ◽  
Surgery Outcomes ◽  
Concrete Representations

Abstract Background: Despite successful functional neurosurgery, patients suffering from epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease may experience postoperative psychological distress and social maladjustments. Difficulties in coping with postoperative changes, even positive ones, have shown to be related to patients’ presurgery cognitive representations (i.e., expectations, hope, abstract vs. concrete representations). The aim of this study was to develop an instrument assessing various key features of surgery outcomes’ representations, namely the Preoperative Hope and Expectations Questionnaire, PHEQ. Methods: Participants were patients (n = 50) diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (n = 25) or epilepsy (n = 25), candidates for functional neurosurgery (i.e., Deep brain stimulation, anterior temporal lobectomy). At 2-3 weeks before the planned surgery, they were administrated items assessing their actual state, preoperative expectations, and hope regarding surgery outcomes. They also completed measures assessing optimism, quality of life and mood. Results: Exploratory analysis resulted in a 16-item version of the PHEQ composed of two factors (abstract representations, including psychological well-being and concrete representations, such as functional aspects of everyday functioning). The PHEQ demonstrated high internal consistency and good convergent validity. Patients were more prone to express postoperative improvements in terms of hope rather than expectations. They generally focused on concrete rather than abstract features, although patients with Parkinson’s disease had higher abstract future-oriented representations. Conclusions: The PHEQ presents satisfactory psychometric properties and may be considered as a reliable instrument for research and clinical practice.

scholarly journals Everyday Action Impairment in Parkinson's Disease Dementia

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 787-798 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Giovannetti ◽  
Priscilla Britnell ◽  
Laura Brennan ◽  
Andrew Siderowf ◽  
Murray Grossman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease Dementia ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Error Type ◽  
Commission Errors ◽  
Everyday Action ◽  
Omission Errors

AbstractThis study examined everyday action impairment in participants with Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) by comparison with participants with Parkinson's disease-no dementia (PD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in reference to a neuropsychological model. Participants with PDD (n = 20), PD (n = 20), or AD (n = 20) were administered performance-based measures of everyday functioning that allowed for the quantification of overall performance and error types. Also, caregiver ratings of functional independence were obtained. On performance-based tests, the PDD group exhibited greater functional impairment than the PD group but comparable overall impairment relative to the AD group. Error patterns did not differ between PDD and PD participants but the PDD group demonstrated a higher proportion of commission errors and lower proportion of omission errors relative to the AD group. Hierarchical regression analyses showed omission errors were significantly predicted by neuropsychological measures of episodic memory, whereas commission errors were predicted by both measures of general dementia severity (MMSE) and executive control. Everyday action impairment in PDD differs quantitatively from PD but qualitatively from AD and may be characterized by a relatively high proportion of commission errors—an error type associated with executive control deficits. (JINS, 2012, 18, 1–12)

scholarly journals Prospective Memory Deficits are Associated with Poorer Everyday Functioning in Parkinson's Disease

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 986-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Pirogovsky ◽  
Steven Paul Woods ◽  
J. Vincent Filoteo ◽  
Paul E. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Financial Capacity ◽  
Increased Risk

AbstractAlthough individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) evidence moderate deficits in prospective memory (PM), it is not known whether PM deficits confer an increased risk of poorer everyday functioning. In the current study, 33 individuals with PD and 26 demographically similar normal controls (NC) were administered performance-based and self-report measures of PM and everyday functioning, including medication and financial management. As compared to NC, PD participants demonstrated significantly lower scores on performance-based measures of PM and financial capacity, worse performance at a trend level on performance-based medication management and endorsed significantly greater self-reported declines in PM and instrumental activities of daily living (iADLs). In the PD sample, the laboratory measure of PM significantly correlated with performance-based measures of financial capacity and medication management and a self-report measure of medication management. Self-reported PM failures significantly correlated with perceived declines in iADLs, worse medication management, and poorer health-related quality of life. Although future studies are needed to examine the incremental ecological validity of PM in PD, findings from this study extend prior research by providing preliminary evidence that PM impairment may play a significant role in a range of critical everyday functions in PD. (JINS, 2012, 18, 1–10)

Evaluation of Efferent Auditory System and Hearing Quality in Parkinson's Disease: Is the Difficulty in Speech Understanding in Complex Listening Conditions Related to Neural Degeneration or Aging?

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Nuriye Yıldırım Gökay ◽  
Bülent Gündüz ◽  
Fatih Söke ◽  
Recep Karamert
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Auditory System ◽  
Otoacoustic Emissions ◽  
Pure Tone ◽  
Pure Tone Audiometry ◽  
Auditory Pathway ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
System Function ◽  
Distortion Product

Purpose The effects of neurological diseases on the auditory system have been a notable issue for investigators because the auditory pathway is closely associated with neural systems. The purposes of this study are to evaluate the efferent auditory system function and hearing quality in Parkinson's disease (PD) and to compare the findings with age-matched individuals without PD to present a perspective on aging. Method The study included 35 individuals with PD (mean age of 48.50 ± 8.00 years) and 35 normal-hearing peers (mean age of 49 ± 10 years). The following tests were administered for all participants: the first section of the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale; pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, tympanometry, and acoustic reflexes; and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) and contralateral suppression of DPOAEs. SPSS Version 25 was used for statistical analyses, and values of p < .05 were considered statistically significant. Results There were no statistically significant differences in the pure-tone audiometry thresholds and DPOAE responses between the individuals with PD and their normal-hearing peers ( p = .732). However, statistically significant differences were found between the groups in suppression levels of DPOAEs and hearing quality ( p < .05). In addition, a statistically significant and positive correlation was found between the amount of suppression at some frequencies and the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale scores. Conclusions This study indicates that medial olivocochlear efferent system function and the hearing quality of individuals with PD were affected adversely due to the results of PD pathophysiology on the hearing system. For optimal intervention and follow-up, tasks related to hearing quality in daily life can also be added to therapies for PD.

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