Duodenal levodopa/carbidopa infusion therapy in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease leads to improvement in caregivers' stress and burden

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1261-1265

  Santos Garcia D ^a   Anon M J ^a   Fuster Sanjurjo, L ^a   de la Fuente Fernandez R ^a  

^a Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Caregiver burden; Caregiver stress; Duodenal levodopa infusion; Parkinson's disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA;

39 ITEM PARKINSON'S DISEASE QOL QUESTIONNAIRE SUMMARY INDEX SCORE; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZARIT CAREGIVER BURDEN INTERVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CARBIDOPA; CAREGIVERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DUODENOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865284887     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03630.x     Document Type: Article

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