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February 26, 20260 citations

Predictive Factors and Impact of Significant Weight Loss on Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study.

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ÁVÁngela VidalDSDiego Santos-GarcíaTFTeresa de Deus Fonticoba

Key Points

  • The aim is to assess how significant weight loss affects the quality of life in individuals with Parkinson's disease over five years.
  • Longitudinal study design
  • Follow-up over five years
  • Assessment of quality of life measures
  • Analysis of activities of daily living
  • Evaluation of weight loss trends
  • Significant weight loss occurs frequently in individuals with Parkinson's disease
  • Weight loss correlates with lower quality of life scores
  • Decreased autonomy in activities of daily living is reported

Abstract

SWL is frequent in PwP and is associated to a worse QoL and decreased autonomy for ADL.

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Vidal et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699fe38b95ddcd3a253e7715https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.70552
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