Socio-Clinical factors associated with Parkinson's disease–related specific self-management behaviours

• Published in: Chronic illness 2024-12, Vol.20 (4), p.699-711
• Main Authors: Kafri, Michal, Abu Taieh, Maram, Duvdevani, Michal, Schlesinger, Ilana, Nassar, Maria, Erich, Ilana, Hadad, Rafi, Yogev-Seligmann, Galit
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Behavior; Clinical assessment; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exercise; Exercise - psychology; Female; Health Behavior; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Parkinson Disease - complications; Parkinson Disease - psychology; Parkinson Disease - therapy; Parkinson's disease; Patient Participation - psychology; Patients; Physical activity; Self Care - psychology; Self-Management - psychology; Selfmanagement; Severity of Illness Index; Social Support; Symptoms
• ISSN: 1742-3953; 1745-9206; 1745-9206
• DOI: 10.1177/17423953231198893

Objective To test associations between socio-clinical factors, self-management and patient activation among patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and to explore the use of regression tree to find the cut-off levels of socio-clinical factors which associate with lower or higher self-management behaviours and patient's activation. Methods A cross-sectional study of patients with PD (n = 62) who underwent assessment of their socio-clinical factors including age, gender, cognitive status, comorbidities, disease severity (motor and non-motor symptoms) and social support. The associations of these factors to specific aspects of self-management behaviours including utilization of rehabilitative treatments, physical activity and patient activation were tested. Results Most patients did not utilize rehabilitative treatments. Non-motor symptoms and cognitive status were significantly associated with physical activity (R2 = 0.35, F(3, 58) = 10.50, p