Profile of caregivers of Parkinson’s disease patients and burden measured by Zarit Scale Analysis of potential burden-generating factors and their correlation with disease severity

Profile of caregivers of Parkinson’s disease patients and burden measured by Zarit Scale Analysis of potential burden-generating factors and their correlation with disease severity

Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) promotes burden among patients and caregivers. Objective: To analyze whether disease severity (UPDRS and Karnofsky index), total disease duration, patient cognitive status (MMSE), presence of other diseases, patient age, socioeconomic conditions (ABEP2015), living...

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Main Authors: Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli Carrilho, Marcelo Alvarez Rodrigues, Brenda Camila Reck de Oliveira, Emanuelle Bianchi da Silva, Taline Alisson Artemis Lazzarin Silva, Leticia da Silva Schran, Marcia Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
Parkinson’s disease
disease severity index
caregivers
assistance
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