Treatment Preferences at the End-of-Life in Parkinson's Disease Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have been performed on palliative care in Parkinson's disease (PD). This study was undertaken to understand treatment preferences of PD patients toward end-of-life care.

Methods

A questionnaire modified from the Willingness to Accept Life-Sustaining Treatment instrument was administered to participants. Four different scenarios based on the burden of care and outcome of the treatment were presented in detail to obtain decisions for end-of-life care. The responses in each scenario were compared between PD patients and controls. Further analyses were performed to identify factors that influenced treatment preferences among PD patients.

Results

In total, 136 PD patients and 60 controls were recruited. Parkinson's disease patients and controls were

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178631 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature