title: Impact of cervical dystonia on quality of life.
abstract: We studied the effect of cervical dystonia on quality of life in a cohort of 289 patients by using a generic health status measurement scale (SF36). Cervical dystonia had a significant negative impact on quality of life compared with age-matched general population data. This negative impact was comparable to that seen in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and stroke.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camfield
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-Shlomo
authors.forename: Thomas T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Warner
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014103:Torticollis / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom