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. 2018 Nov 13;15(11):2538.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph15112538.

Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life between People with Parkinson's Disease and Non-Parkinson's: Using Data Drawn from the '100 for Parkinson's' Smartphone-Based Prospective Study

Xiaojing Fan  1 , Duolao Wang, Bruce Hellman, Mathieu F Janssen, Gerben Bakker, Rupert Coghlan, Amelia Hursey, Helen Matthews, Ian Whetstone
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Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life between People with Parkinson's Disease and Non-Parkinson's: Using Data Drawn from the '100 for Parkinson's' Smartphone-Based Prospective Study

Xiaojing Fan et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: This study aims to assess the specific difference of the health-related quality of life between people with Parkinson's and non-Parkinson's. Methods: A total of 1710 people were drawn from a prospective study with a smartphone-based survey named '100 for Parkinson's' to assess health-related quality of life. The EQ-5D-5L descriptive system and the EQ visual analogue scale were used to measure health-related quality of life and a linear mixed model was used to analyze the difference. Results: The mean difference of EQ-5D-5L index values between people with Parkinson's and non-Parkinson's was 0.15 (95%CI: 0.12, 0.18) at baseline; it changed to 0.17 (95%CI: 0.14, 0.20) at the end of study. The mean difference of EQ visual analogue scale scores between them increased from 10.18 (95%CI: 7.40, 12.96) to 12.19 (95%CI: 9.41, 14.97) from baseline to the end of study. Conclusion: Data can be captured from the participants' own smart devices and support the notion that health-related quality of life for people with Parkinson's is lower than non-Parkinson's. This analysis provides useful evidence for the EQ-5D instrument and is helpful for public health specialists and epidemiologists to assess the health needs of people with Parkinson's and indirectly improve their health status.

Keywords: EQ visual analogue scale; EQ-5D-5L; Parkinson’s disease; prospective study; smartphone.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Participants flow chart of 100 for Parkinson’s project.
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Figure 2
Frequency of reported problems for participants by gender at baseline (n = 1654). * means significant difference (p < 0.05) between two groups.
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Figure 3
Changes of EQ-5D-5L from baseline to end of study for people with Parkinson’s (n = 301). * means significant difference (p < 0.05) among different level of anxiety/depression.
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