Abstract
Ninety-one consecutive patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) were asked to grade their general satisfaction from life (GSL) and completed the PDQ-39 and the quality of sexual life questionnaire (QoSL-Q). The reliability of the QoSL-Q was 0.74. Satisfaction from sexual life as reflected by the QoSL-Q significantly decreased with aging (P < 0.01) and advanced disease (P < 0.05). No correlation was found between the PDQ-39 and the QoSL index. The correlation between the PDQ-39 and GSL (r = - 0.334) improved by adding the QoSL-Q, as a 9th dimension to the PDQ-39 (r = - 0.405). The QoSL-Q is a reliable tool assessed a unique and important dimension not evaluated by the PDQ-39.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 243-246 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Parkinsonism and Related Disorders |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - 2002 |