Quality of life in a random sample of community dwelling older patients with essential tremor.
STUDY OBJECTIVE - Nested case-control study aimed to assess the quality of life of community dwelling participants aged 65 years or over with newly diagnosed Essential Tremor (ET). METHODS AND RESULTS - Thirty-two participants with newly diagnosed ET and 32 age and gender matched controls were administered the Rand-SF36 quality of life questionnaire. Medical co-morbidities were also assessed in the two groups. Results - Participants with ET had significantly lower scores in the physical function, role limitation because of physical function, role limitation as a result of emotional problem, pain, and energy/vitality subscales of the Rand-SF36 when compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS - Older patients with newly diagnosed ET have poorer quality of life than their community dwelling counterparts without ET.
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Department of Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Bankstown Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. huongv_nguyen@yahoo.com
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015897:Comorbidity / Q000639:trends; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D020329:Essential Tremor / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile