Gender differences in diagnostic tools, medication, time to medication, and nonmotor symptoms in Parkinsonian patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Swedish National Quality Registers (NQRs) play an important role in collecting large amounts of diagnosis-specific data, symptoms, and treatments. The subset of data, Parkinson's Registry, has been in use for more than 20 years and represents all counties and hospitals in Sweden where neurological care is provided.

Objective

To study the differences between genders regarding diagnostic tools, pharmacological interventions, and self-reported symptoms in patients with symptoms originating from basal ganglia disease, either idiopathic or secondary Parkinsonism (PD).

Methods

PD-diagnosed patients from a mix of urban and rural locations were chosen from the NQR and sorted by gender. Self-reported, first-experienced PD-related symptoms defined the debut point of

SUBMITTER: Skogar O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167852 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature