Life with Parkinson’s Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Pressure Is “OFF” | Zendy

Trine Hørmann Thomsen | Zendy; Susanna M. Wallerstedt | Zendy; Kristian Winge | Zendy; Filip Bergquist | Zendy

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Life with Parkinson’s Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Pressure Is “OFF”

Author(s) -

Trine Hørmann Thomsen,

Susanna M. Wallerstedt,

Kristian Winge,

Filip Bergquist

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of parkinson s disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.747

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1877-718X

pISSN - 1877-7171

DOI - 10.3233/jpd-202342

Subject(s) - apathy , pandemic , danish , anxiety , parkinson's disease , depression (economics) , covid-19 , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , cohort , disease , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist , linguistics , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics

People with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) have been suggested to be more vulnerable to negative psychological and psycho-social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim was to assess the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in PwP. A Danish/Swedish cohort of 67 PwP was analysed. Health-related quality of life (HRQL), depression, anxiety, apathy, sleep and motor symptom-scores were included in the analysis. Additionally, the Danish participants provided free-text descriptions of life during the pandemic. Overall, the participants reported significantly better HRQL during the COVID-19 period compared with before. Reduced social pressure may be part of the explanation. Despite worsened anxiety, night sleep improved.

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