Clinical picture of patients with Parkinson’s disease attending a regional core hospital in Ehime
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- M.D. Hosokawa Yuko
- Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Matsuyama Hospital
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- M.D., Ph.D. Miyaue Noriyuki
- Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Matsuyama Hospital
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- M.D., Ph.D. Yabe Hayato
- Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Matsuyama Hospital
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 愛媛県の地域中核病院脳神経内科外来におけるパーキンソン病患者の臨床像
Description
<p>The number of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients has been increasing year by year in Japan. However, there are few reports that comprehensively evaluate the symptoms and treatment details of PD patients. We collected and analyzed information on PD patients regularly visiting the Department of Neurology at Saiseikai Matsuyama Hospital as of the end of October 2020. We included 187 patients (83 males and 104 females) with a mean age of 73.6 years and a mean disease duration of 8.9 years. The disease duration was positively correlated with Hoehn & Yahr (HY) stage and the number of antiparkinsonian drugs. The L-dopa equivalent dose decreased after 20 years of disease duration or HY 5. Wearing-off phenomenon and L-dopa-induced dyskinesia were more common in patients with longer duration of disease and higher daily dose of L-dopa. This study provides an overview of the clinical picture of PD patients in a regional core hospital.</p>
Journal
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- Rinsho Shinkeigaku
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Rinsho Shinkeigaku 62 (1), 1-7, 2022
Societas Neurologica Japonica
