Frailty in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: Associations with Disability and Timed Up and Go

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FIRAT ÖZER F., AKIN S., GÜLTEKİN M., ERTÜRK ZARARSIZ G., Ekinci Soylu A.

NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY, vol.58, no.3, pp.206-212, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 58 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.29399/npa.23444
  • Journal Name: NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, Psycinfo, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.206-212
  • Keywords: Disability, fried frailty index, idiopathic Parkinson's disease, timed up and go test
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Aim of this study was identify the prevalence of frailty in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), to describe the relationship between severity of the disease and frailty, and to evaluate if timed up and go (TUG) is an eligible test for determination of frailty in idiopathic PD patients.