Daily Living and Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a chronic-progressive and disabling neurological disorder which is clinically manifested by a broad spectrum of motor and non-motor symptoms which affect patients’ life. The main objective of this study was to describe the life of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the light of daily activities, general levels of cohabitation and well-being in a sample of patients with PD correlated with stage and duration of disease, right or left-sided Parkinsonism and cognitive status. The study highlights the early stage of affection of these patients’ life quality via their individual activities negatively affected by motor disorders, their emotional reactivity caused by their illness as well as the prognosis, and also the stigmatization felt by these patients.

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