The Development of the Social Functioning Scale for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Fang-Te Su ◽  
Chun-Hwei Tai ◽  
Chun-Hsiang Tan ◽  
Wen-Juh Hwang ◽  
Rwei-Ling Yu
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Functioning Scale

Hypomimia May Influence the Facial Emotion Recognition Ability in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yu-Han Chuang ◽  
Chun-Hsiang Tan ◽  
Hui-Chen Su ◽  
Chung-Yao Chien ◽  
Pi-Shan Sung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Facial Emotion Recognition ◽  
Facial Emotion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Hypomimia is a clinical feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Based on the embodied simulation theory, the impairment of facial mimicry may worsen facial emotion recognition; however, the empirical results are inconclusive. Objective: We aimed to explore the worsening of emotion recognition by hypomimia. We further explored the relationship between the hypomimia, emotion recognition, and social functioning. Methods: A total of 114 participants were recruited. The patients with PD and normal controls (NCs) were matched for demographic characteristics. All the participants completed the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Chinese Multi-modalities Emotion Recognition Test. In addition to the above tests, the patients were assessed with the Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale and Parkinson’s Disease Social Functioning Scale (PDSFS). Results: Patients with PD with hypomimia had worse recognition of disgust than NCs (p = 0.018). The severity of hypomimia was predictive of the recognition of disgust (β= –0.275, p = 0.028). Facial emotion recognition was predictive of the PDSFS score of PD patients (β= 0.433, p = 0.001). We also found that recognizing disgust could mediate the relationship between hypomimia and the PDSFS score (β= 0.264, p = 0.045). Conclusion: Patients with hypomimia had the worst disgust facial recognition. Hypomimia may affect the social function of PD patients, which is related to recognizing the expression of disgust. Emotion recognition training may improve the social function of patients with PD.

scholarly journals Influence of non-motor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease on quality of life

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
O. V. Khegai ◽  
N. V. Selyanina ◽  
Yu. V. Karakulova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Motor Symptoms ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Non Motor Symptoms

Aim. To estimate the degree of influence of non-motor manifestations on the quality of life among patients with Parkinson’s disease. Materials and methods. In the study, the “case-control” design was used, processing of the data was conducted with nonparametric methods. Complex examination of 58 patients with Parkinson’s disease was performed. The control group included 15 healthy persons. Results. Manifestation of cognitive, anxiety-depressive, vegetative symptoms in the main group was significantly higher than in the control. There was revealed a negative correlation dependence between the general manifestation of vegetative disorders and the social functioning indices (R = – 0.5; p = 0.001), pain intensity (R = – 0.5; p = 0.001) and psychical health (R = – 0.5; p = 0.005) that proves aggravation of the data on health components as the severity of symptoms was growing. The analyzed vegetative disorders of separate subsystems demonstrated the analogous tendencies. Severity of depressive symptoms influences the pain indices (R = – 0.4; p = 0.01) and the social functions (R = – 0.3; p = 0.03). According to unified scale, non-motor symptoms negatively influence the general health status (R = – 0.3; p = 0.001), social functioning (R= – 0.23; p = 0.004), pain assessment (R = – 0.5; p = 0.001). Conclusions. Non-motor symptoms aggravate the quality of life, influencing both physical and psychological component of health. The absence of correlation between the duration of therapy and the severity of non-motor symptoms confirms the independence of this block of symptoms.

scholarly journals Validation of the German Version of the Social Functioning Scale (SFS) for Schizophrenia

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0121807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jona R. Iffland ◽  
Denise Lockhofen ◽  
Harald Gruppe ◽  
Bernd Gallhofer ◽  
Gebhard Sammer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Functioning ◽  
German Version ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Functioning Scale

Impact of social functioning and vitality on preference for life in patients with Parkinson's disease

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Morimoto ◽  
Takuro Shimbo ◽  
John E. Orav ◽  
Kunihiko Matsui ◽  
Masashi Goto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Social Functioning

scholarly journals Reformulating Psychological Difficulties in People with Parkinson’s Disease: The Potential of a Social Relational Approach to Disablism

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Simpson ◽  
Helen McMillan ◽  
Donna Reeve
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Difficulties

Research investigating the psychological difficulties experienced by people with Parkinson's disease (PD) is dominated by individualistic neurobiological and psychological perspectives. Therefore, this opinion paper draws on a reformulation of the social model of disability, Thomas' (1999) and (2007) social relational approach to disablism, to offer an alternative way of conceptualising psychological difficulties experienced by people with PD. This opinion paper explores the ways in which socially imposed restrictions and stigma may contribute to psychological difficulties by using Thomas' (2007) concept of psychoemotional disablism. By using the lens of psychoemotional disablism, this paper demonstrates that people with PD can be exposed to stigmatising attitudes and interactions which could contribute to restrictions, feelings of shame, and psychological difficulties such as depression. Accordingly, it is argued that further attention to the link between psychological difficulties and social dimensions of disablism in PD is needed in both research arenas and clinical practice to broaden understandings and interventions for people with PD.

The Social Functioning Scale the Development and Validation of a New Scale of Social Adjustment for use in Family Intervention Programmes with Schizophrenic Patients

1990 ◽  
Vol 157 (6) ◽  
pp. 853-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Birchwood ◽  
Jo Smith ◽  
Ray Cochrane ◽  
Sheila Wetton ◽  
Sonja Copestake
Keyword(s):  
Social Functioning ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Family Interventions ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Functioning Scale ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Development And Validation

Social functioning as an outcome variable in family interventions with schizophrenic patients has been a relatively neglected area. The requirements of a scale of social functioning to measure the efficacy of family interventions include: the measurement of skill/behaviour relevant to the impairments and the demography of this group; the ability to yield considerable information with an economy of clinical time; and the establishment of ‘comparative’ need through comparison between subscales and with appropriate reference groups. Results from three samples show that the Social Functioning Scale is reliable, valid, sensitive and responsive to change.

scholarly journals Aquatic Physical Therapy in the balance and gait of people with Parkinson’s Disease: a pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Taina Christinelli ◽  
Gabriella Ferreira ◽  
Dielise Debona Iucksch ◽  
Juliana Siega ◽  
Adriano Zanardi Da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Body Balance ◽  
Functional Deficits ◽  
The Social ◽  
Chronic Progressive Disease ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Dynamic Gait Index

Background. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative, chronic, progressive disease, resulting mainly from the depletion of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. It is characterized by four cardinal signs, namely: bradykinesia, stiffness, tremor, and postural instability, which contribute to body balance and gait functional deficits. Among the possibilities of intervention, the Aquatic Physical Therapy (APT) stands out in the prevention and rehabilitation of motor and functional alterations, using water physical and thermal properties. Objective. To verify the effects of APT on body balance and gait. Method. This pilot study is part of quasi-experimental research involving a group with a clinical diagnosis of PD. They participated in an APT program for 12 weeks, twice a week. They were assessed with the Mini-BESTest for body balance and the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) for gait balance. The statistical analysis was made in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Results. A total of 11 people – mean age of 70.73±3.2 years – participated in the study. After the APT program, no difference was verified in the Mini-BESTest (p=0.41) or the DGI (p=0.105). Conclusions. The APT program proposed was unable to present significant improvement regarding the balance and gait in the group of people with PD in question.

scholarly journals Effects of SR141716A on Cognitive and Depression-Related Behavior in an Animal Model of Premotor Parkinson's Disease

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Tadaiesky ◽  
P. A. Dombrowski ◽  
C. Da Cunha ◽  
R. N. Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Forced Swim Test ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
The Social ◽  
6 Hydroxydopamine ◽  
Acute Injection ◽  
Cognitive Alterations ◽  
Behavior And Cognition

A previous study from our laboratory revealed that moderate nigral dopaminergic degeneration caused emotional and cognitive deficits in rats, paralleling early signs of Parkinson's disease. Recent evidence suggests that the blockade of cannabinoid CB1receptors might be beneficial to alleviate motor inhibition typical of Parkinson's disease. Here, we investigated whether antagonism of CB1receptors would improve emotional and cognitive deficits in a rat model of premotor Parkinson's disease. Depression-like behavior and cognition were assessed with the forced swim test and the social recognition test, respectively. Confirming our previous study, rats injected with 6-hydroxydopamine in striatum presented emotional and cognitive alterations which were improved by acute injection of SR141716A. HPLC analysis of monoamine levels demonstrated alterations in the striatum and prefrontal cortex after SR141716A injection. These findings suggest a role for CB1receptors in the early symptoms caused by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the striatum, as observed in Parkinson's disease.

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