THE BURDEN OF PARKINSON DISEASE AMONGST CAREGIVERS IN SPAIN OVER 4 YEARS
Author(s)
Martinez P1, Rodriguez-Blazquez C1, Paz S2, Lizán L2, Forjaz MJ3, Frades B4, Jimenez OL5
1National Center for Epidemiology and CIBERNED, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain, 2Outcomes'10, Castellon, Spain, 3National School of Public Health and REDISSEC, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain, 4Alzheimer Center Reina Sofia Foundation, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain, 5H.U. de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
OBJECTIVES To describe caregivers’ Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), burden, anxiety and depression and their relation with patients’ symptoms in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS A descriptive, observational, longitudinal design in PD patients and their caregivers of ELEP study (2006-2010), in Spain. Information collected during 3 month per year for 4 years, included sociodemographic characteristics, motor symptoms (SCOPA-Motor) and HRQoL (EQ-5D: index and VAS) from PD patients and burden (Zarit’s CBI), anxiety (HADS-A), depression (HADS-D) and HRQoL from their caregivers. Linear mixed models were performed to assess the relation between caregivers’ burden with the patients’ motor symptoms and HRQoL. RESULTS
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PND3
Topic
Epidemiology & Public Health
Disease
Neurological Disorders