Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease

Objective: This study investigated the predictive value of various coping processes for the psychologicaland disease specific aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Method: Cross-sectional study of 85 participants with PD using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire(...

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Main Authors: Bucks, R., Cruise, K., Skinner, T., Loftus, Andrea, Barker, R., Thomas, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley Interscience 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12823
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author Bucks, R.
Cruise, K.
Skinner, T.
Loftus, Andrea
Barker, R.
Thomas, M.
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Skinner, T.
Loftus, Andrea
Barker, R.
Thomas, M.
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description Objective: This study investigated the predictive value of various coping processes for the psychologicaland disease specific aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Method: Cross-sectional study of 85 participants with PD using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire(WCQ), Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), quality of life (PDQ-39), and sociodemographic and clinical variables.Results: Greater use of planful problem solving coping was found to be significantly associatedwith better HRQoL in relation to cognitive impairment, communication and bodily discomfort.In addition to greater disease duration, greater use of escape-avoidance coping processes wereidentified as significant predictors of poorer HRQoL outcomes in the domains of mood and emotionalwell-being.Conclusion: Psychological interventions such as mindfulness training, aimed at reducing the use ofescape-avoidance copying, may help to improve HRQoL in PD. Copyright# 2010 John Wiley & Sons,Ltd.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-128232017-09-13T15:01:03Z Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease Bucks, R. Cruise, K. Skinner, T. Loftus, Andrea Barker, R. Thomas, M. Parkinson’s disease health-related quality of life (HRQoL) mood coping Objective: This study investigated the predictive value of various coping processes for the psychologicaland disease specific aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Method: Cross-sectional study of 85 participants with PD using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire(WCQ), Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), quality of life (PDQ-39), and sociodemographic and clinical variables.Results: Greater use of planful problem solving coping was found to be significantly associatedwith better HRQoL in relation to cognitive impairment, communication and bodily discomfort.In addition to greater disease duration, greater use of escape-avoidance coping processes wereidentified as significant predictors of poorer HRQoL outcomes in the domains of mood and emotionalwell-being.Conclusion: Psychological interventions such as mindfulness training, aimed at reducing the use ofescape-avoidance copying, may help to improve HRQoL in PD. Copyright# 2010 John Wiley & Sons,Ltd. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12823 10.1002/gps.2520 Wiley Interscience restricted
spellingShingle Parkinson’s disease
health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
mood
coping
Bucks, R.
Cruise, K.
Skinner, T.
Loftus, Andrea
Barker, R.
Thomas, M.
Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
title Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
title_full Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
title_fullStr Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
title_full_unstemmed Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
title_short Coping processes and health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
title_sort coping processes and health-related quality of life in parkinson’s disease
topic Parkinson’s disease
health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
mood
coping
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12823