Time trends in demographic characteristics of participants and outcome measures in Parkinson's disease research: A 19-year single-center experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Females, people with young-onset PD and older individuals, and non-white populations are historically underrepresented in clinical Parkinson's disease (PD) research. Furthermore, research traditionally focused predominantly on motor symptoms of PD. Including a representative and diverse group of people with PD and also studying non-motor symptoms is warranted to better understand heterogeneity in PD and to generalize research findings.

Objective

This project aimed to determine whether, within a consecutive series of PD studies performed within a single center in the Netherlands: (1) the proportion of included females, mean age and proportion of native Dutch people changed over time; and 2) reports of the ethnicity of participants and the proportion of studies with

SUBMITTER: Maas BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923175 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature