Mortality and quality of death certification in a cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease and matched controls in North Wales, UK at 18 years: a community-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This investigation reports the cause and the quality of death certification in a community cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and controls at 18 years.

Setting

Denbighshire North Wales, UK.

Participants

The community-based cohorts consisted of 166 patients with PD and 102 matched controls.

Primary outcomes

All-cause mortality was ascertained at 18 years by review of hospitals' primary care records and examination of death certificates obtained from the UK General Register Office. Mortality HRs were estimated using Cox proportional regression, controlling for covariates including age at study entry, age at death, gender, motor function, mood, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and cognitive function.

Results

After 18 years, 158

SUBMITTER: Hobson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829780 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature