Factors influencing psychosocial adjustment and quality of life in Parkinson patients and informal caregivers
- Navarta-Sánchez, M.V. 5
- Senosiain García, J.M. 5
- Riverol, M. 1
- Ursúa Sesma, M.E. 7
- Díaz de Cerio Ayesa, S. 6
- Anaut Bravo, S. 2
- Caparrós Civera, N. 4
- Portillo, M.C. 3
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Clínica Universitaria de Navarra
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Universidad Pública de Navarra
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University of Southampton
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Universidad de Navarra
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- 6 Navarre Association of Parkinson’s Patients, Navarre, Spain
- 7 Primary Health Care Center of San Juan, Navarre Service of Health-Osasunbidea, Navarre, Spain
ISSN: 0962-9343
Year of publication: 2016
Volume: 25
Issue: 8
Pages: 1959-1968
Type: Article
More publications in: Quality of Life Research
Abstract
Objective: The influence that social conditions and personal attitudes may have on the quality of life (QoL) of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients and informal caregivers does not receive enough attention in health care, as a result of it not being clearly identified, especially in informal caregivers. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive analysis of psychosocial adjustment and QoL determinants in PD patients and informal caregivers. Methods: Ninety-one PD patients and 83 caregivers participated in the study. Multiple regression analyses were performed including benefit finding, coping, disease severity and socio-demographic factors, in order to determine how these aspects influence the psychosocial adjustment and QoL in PD patients and caregivers. Results: Regression models showed that severity of PD was the main predictor of psychosocial adjustment and QoL in patients. Nevertheless, multiple regression analyses also revealed that coping was a significant predictor of psychosocial adjustment in patients and caregivers. Furthermore, psychosocial adjustment was significantly related to QoL in patients and caregivers. Also, coping and benefit finding were predictors of QoL in caregivers but not in patients. Conclusions: Multidisciplinary interventions aimed at improving PD patients’ QoL may have more effective outcomes if education about coping skills, and how these can help towards a positive psychosocial adjustment to illness, were included, and targeted not only at patients, but also at informal caregivers. © 2016, The Author(s).