Epidemiology of Parkinson disease in the city of Kolkata, India: a community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

No well-designed longitudinal study on Parkinson disease (PD) has been conducted in India. Therefore, we planned to determine the prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates of PD in the city of Kolkata, India, on a stratified random sample through a door-to-door survey.

Method

This study was undertaken between 2003 to 2007 with a validated questionnaire by a team consisting of 4 trained field workers in 3 stages. Field workers screened the cases, later confirmed by a specialist doctor. In the third stage, a movement disorders specialist undertook home visits and reviewed all surviving cases after 1 year from last screening. Information on death was collected through verbal autopsy. A nested case-control study (1:3) was also undertaken to determine putative risk fac

SUBMITTER: Das SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3013482 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature