The Impact of Social Distancing Due to COVID-19 on Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To explore the impact of the lockdown and social distancing measures, applied for one year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Activities of Daily Living in patients with Parkinson's disease, as well as to determine the association between daily performance and tasks requiring more manipulative dexterity.

Methods

Data collection was carried out between 18 January and 22 March 2021 through telephone interviews. Patients were recruited from associations of patients with Parkinson's disease in Spain. A questionnaire was designed including items from standardized tools of the Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire to measure the level of independence and from the Dexterity Questionnaire for manipulative dexterity.

Results

There were 126 participants aged 36-89

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Herrera-Baeza P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298337 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature