Racial Disparities in Parkinson Disease Clinical Phenotype, Management, and Genetics: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parkinson disease (PD) has been described and studied extensively in White populations, with little known about how the disease manifests and progresses in patients from the Black community. Studies investigating disease features in Black populations are uncommon, with some suggesting that the Black population with PD is more disabled and has greater disease severity and different clinical features compared with the White population with PD. These health disparities are likely to influence the quality of care for Black patients with PD.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the motor and nonmotor symptoms and quality of life in Black and White participants with PD in a case-case design.

Methods

This is an observational, prospective, multicenter, case-ca

SUBMITTER: Hall DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12012400 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature