Predictive Value of Verbatim Parkinson's Disease Patient-Reported Symptoms of Postural Instability and Falling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postural instability is an intractable sign of Parkinson's disease, associated with poor disease prognosis, fall risk, and decreased quality of life.

Objective

1) Characterize verbatim reports of postural instability and associated symptoms (gait disorder, balance, falling, freezing, and posture), 2) compare reports with responses to three pre-specified questions from Part II of the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), and 3) examine postural instability symptoms and MDS-UPDRS responses as predictors of future falls.

Methods

Fox Insight research participants reported their problems attributed to PD in their own words using the Parkinson Disease Patient Reports of Problems (PD-PROP). Natural language processing, clini

SUBMITTER: Javidnia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609714 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature