Handicap as a Measure of Perceived-Health Status in Parkinson's Disease.
Daniela Pimenta SilvaMiguel CoelhoTiago SoaresThiago Cardoso ValeLeonor Correia GuedesRicardo Oliveira Horta MacielAna Patrícia AntunesSarah Teixeira CamargosAnabela ValadasCatarina GodinhoDébora Palma MaiaPatrícia Pita LoboRaphael Doyle MaiaTiago TeodoroCarlos R RiederAna Graça VelonVítor TumasEgberto Reis BarbosaHélio A G TeiveHenrique Ballalai FerrazMaria José RosasAna CaladoTânia LampreiaRita SimõesNuno Vila-ChãMaria Manuela CostaAna Margarida RodriguesVerónica CaniçaFrancisco Eduardo Costa CardosoJoaquim José Ferreiranull nullPublished in: Movement disorders clinical practice (2023)
The LHS was easily completed by patients and caregivers. Patients were mild-moderately handicapped, which was strongly determined by motor disability and its impact on EDL, and poor QoL. Despite correlated, handicap and QoL seem to differ in what they measure, and handicap may have an added value to QoL. Handicap seems to be a good measure of perceived-health status in a broad sample of PD.