Chinese culture permeation in the treatment of Parkinson disease: a cross-sectional study in four regions of China.
Chinese culture permeation in the treatment of Parkinson disease: a cross-sectional study in four regions of China.
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DOI:
10.1186/1756-0500-7-65
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发表时间:
2014-01-30
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Wang G
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作者:
Zhang ZX;Chen H;Chen SD;Shao M;Sun SG;Qu QM;Zhang BR;Liu YM;Xu Q;Wan X;Li L;Wen HB;Chen X;Chen HB;Liu ZG;Wang J;Wang G
Little is known about the clinical features and treatment of Chinese patients with Parkinson disease (PD). A large cross-sectional survey of clinical features, medication use, and motor complications was conducted in 901 consecutive PD patients, from 42 randomly selected university-affiliated hospitals in four urban economic regions of China, between December 2006 and May 2007. The 901 PD patients had age range 30 to 88, and median disease duration 50 months. Most (737, 81.8%) used L-dopa (median 375 mg/day), and often added low doses of other antiparkinsonian agents. Among L-dopa-treated patients, the prevalence of motor complications was low (dyskinesias: 8.5%; motor fluctuations: 18.6%), even among patients with disease duration ≥11 years (dyskinesias: 18.1%; motor fluctuations: 42.2%). Higher L-dopa use was associated with higher occurrence of dyskinesias (OR 2.44; 95% CI 1.20-5.13) and motor fluctuations (OR 2.48; 95% CI 1.49-4.14). Initiating PD treatment with L-dopa alone (OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.22-0.95) or in combination with other medications (OR 0.41; 95% CI 0.19-0.87) was associated with less dyskinesia than treatment initiated with non-L-dopa medication. Many Chinese PD patients are treated with low-dose L-dopa and added low-dose antiparkinsonian agents, with a low prevalence of motor complications, which might be influenced by Chinese culture.