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hi all please note that the Beck Depression inventory is on my site in janet's journal, october 1997 janet cross-posted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Factors impacting on quality of life in Parkinson's disease: Results from an international survey The Global Parkinson's Disease Survey Steering Committee Movement Disorders 2002;17:60-67 Depression and disease severity are the major determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Parkinson's disease, according to this study. Over 200 clinicians and 100 patients in six countries were randomly chosen to participate. Patients were assessed with the PDQ-39 (a PD-specific quality-of life measure), Hoehn and Yahr scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Mini-Mental State Exam, and other measures. Multiple regression analysis revealed that disease severity (as measured by Hoehn and Yahr stage) and dopamine use were significant predictors of HRQL, together accounting for 17.3% of the variability in HRQL. Depression had an "overwhelming" impact on quality of life (p<0.001), and together with disease severity and medication, accounted for 58% of HRQL variability. Other factors with impact included "Satisfaction with the explanation of the condition at diagnosis" and "Current feelings of optimism." The authors note that a great discrepancy exists between patient-reported depression (1%) and depression as determined on the BDI (50%). Copyright 2002 WE MOVE http://www.wemove.org/ janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky pd: 54/41/37 cd: 54/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice website: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ is your website accessible? http://www.w3.org/WAI/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn