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Behavioural disorders, disability and quality of life in Parkinson's disease

Author(s) -

Iracema Leroi,

David Ahearn,

Michelle Andrews,

Kathryn McDonald,

E. Jane Byrne,

Alistair Burns

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afr078

Subject(s) - medicine , parkinson's disease , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , gerontology , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , nursing

although non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are known to adversely affect disability and health-related quality of life, the impact that specific disorders of reward and motivation have remains unclear. Impulse control disorders are more likely in those with a younger disease onset although there is no strong evidence to date that apathy is related to age of onset or correlated with a longer duration of disease.

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