Wir Menschen werden immer älter. Mit dem Alter kommt nicht nur mehr Erfahrung, sondern auch das eine oder andere medizinische Problem. Worauf gilt es im Alter besonders zu achten? Was bedeutet eigentlich gesund altern? Und was macht die medizinische Betreuung im Alter besonders? Darüber sprechen Oberärztin…
Introduction Previous longitudinal studies have identified numerous factors influencing quality of life (QoL) in people of older age (PoA). However, most of these studies focus on group-level trends and fail to consider individual QoL trajectories or age-specific patterns over time. Methods We investigated…
Introduction: Functional decline is a common risk among hospitalized older adults. Comprehensive Geriatric Care (CGC) has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in this population. However, beneficial predictors are not fully known. Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Geriatrics,…
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly reduces quality of life (QoL), particularly due to its complex interplay of motor and nonmotor symptoms. While personality traits influence QoL in chronic diseases, their longitudinal effects in people with PD (PwPD) remain underexplored. This study evaluates…
Lawrence, Kanada / San Francisco, Calif.: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2025-05-30
Objective This study assessed how Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and nonadherence to medication are linked, to determine whether HRQoL is a suitable endpoint for clinical trials evaluating nonadherence. Background HRQoL is often used as an endpoint in clinical trials to determine the effectiveness…
Introduction: Previous longitudinal studies identified various factors predicting changes in Quality of Life (QoL) in people with diabetes mellitus (PwDM). However, in these studies, the stability of QoL has not been assessed with respect to individual differences. Methods: We studied the predictive…
Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, 2024-01-11
Abstract Background Nonadherence to medication is a major issue in patients with chronic disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Many interventions for increasing adherence have been tested, and these have shown weak-to-moderate efficiency. Although the best methods to improve adherence remain unclear,…
The clinical presentation of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is often dominated by depressive symptoms, which can significantly impact the patients’ quality of life (QoL). However, it is not clear how these depressive symptoms are interconnected, or if some symptoms are more influential in affecting QoL. In…
Introduction Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms. In particular, non-motor symptoms have become increasingly relevant to disease progression. This study aimed to reveal which non-motor symptoms have the highest impact on the…
Nonadherence to medication is a common issue that goes along with increased morbidity and mortality and immense health care costs. To improve medication adherence and outcome in ill people, their reasons of not taking their prescribed medication must be known. Here a dataset is presented based on the…
This review presents individual reasons for self-reported nonadherence in people with epilepsy (PWE). A literature search was performed on the PubMed/Medline and Scopus databases for studies published up to March 2022. Thirty-six studies were included using the following inclusion criteria: original…
Background: Dizziness is a common complaint in older adults. To know which factors are instrumental in enabling patients with chronic dizziness to tolerate their symptoms to a certain degree in everyday life can help to develop tailored therapies. Methods: Data from 358 patients with chronic dizziness…
Lausanne: Frontiers Research Foundation, 2022-07-14
Purpose: This study aimed to determine how limited medication knowledge as one aspect of health literacy contributes to poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: Demographical data, PD-specific data (MDS-Unified Parkinson’s Disease-Rating Scale, Nonmotor…
Dordrecht: Springer International Publishing, 2022-05
Objective To develop multidimensional approaches for pain management, this study aimed to understand how PD patients cope with pain. Design Cross-sectional, cohort study. Setting Monocentric, inpatient, university hospital. Participants 52 patients with Parkinson's disease (without dementia) analysed.…
Lawrence, Kanada / San Francisco, Calif.: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-11-01