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Quality of life in a random sample of community dwelling older patients with essential tremor
Author(s) -
Nguyen H. V.,
Ngian V.,
Cordato D.,
Shen Q.,
Chan D. K. Y.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00863.x
Subject(s) - essential tremor , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , sample (material) , psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , chemistry , chromatography
Study Objective – Nested case‐control study aimed to assess the quality of life of community dwelling participants aged 65 years or over with newly diagnosed Essential Tremor (ET). Methods and Results – Thirty‐two participants with newly diagnosed ET and 32 age and gender matched controls were administered the Rand‐SF36 quality of life questionnaire. Medical co‐morbidities were also assessed in the two groups. Results – Participants with ET had significantly lower scores in the physical function, role limitation because of physical function, role limitation as a result of emotional problem, pain, and energy/vitality subscales of the Rand‐SF36 when compared with controls. Conclusions – Older patients with newly diagnosed ET have poorer quality of life than their community dwelling counterparts without ET.