Coping with disease-related stressors in Parkinson's disease

This study examines three categories of disease-related stressors (i.e.,physical, cognitive, psychosocial), differential coping, and mental andphysical health outcomes in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).Findings show that tremors, lack of mental energy, and being dependent onothers we...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 2000-02, Vol.40 (1), p.53-63
Main Author: FRAZIER, L.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Parkinson Disease - psychology
Parkinson's disease
Parkinsons disease
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality of Life
Sick Role
Stress, Psychological - complications
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Summary:This study examines three categories of disease-related stressors (i.e.,physical, cognitive, psychosocial), differential coping, and mental andphysical health outcomes in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).Findings show that tremors, lack of mental energy, and being dependent onothers were the most stressful symptoms in each category. Although therewas evidence that PD patients match coping efforts to types of stressors,emotional regulation was the most common coping strategy. Hierarchicalregression analyses show that disease- related variables influence everydomain of quality of life, whereas the effects of coping are moreselective. Specifically, the use of distancing was related to poorer mentaland physical health outcomes. Findings focus attention on thedisease-related stressors that create the experience of being chronicallyill.
ISSN:0016-9013
1758-5341
DOI:10.1093/geront/40.1.53