Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's disease

Purpose: To investigate in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), which are the coping strategies used and the relation between type of coping, voice symptoms and communicative aspects. Method: 73 subjects, 33 in the experimental group, with diagnosis of PD, and 40 subjects in the control grou...

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Main Author: Flávia Pereira da Costa
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2014-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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description Purpose: To investigate in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), which are the coping strategies used and the relation between type of coping, voice symptoms and communicative aspects. Method: 73 subjects, 33 in the experimental group, with diagnosis of PD, and 40 subjects in the control group, healthy and without vocal complaints. They underwent the following procedures: application of the Voice Symptons Scale – VoiSS – Brazilian Version, Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire – VDCQ – Brazilian Version, and the questionnaire Living with Dysarthria – LwD. Results: The experimental group showed deviations in all protocols: VDCQ (p<0.001), VoiSS (p<0.001), LwD (p<0.001). The most frequently used coping strategy was self-control (p<0.001). The correlation between vocal symptoms and communicative aspects showed that the greater the impairment in communication, the greater the VoiSS emotional scores and the greater will be the amount of voice symptoms and signs. However, the vocal signs and symptoms and communicative aspects showed no correlation with coping. Conclusion: Patients with PD have a high amount of vocal signs and symptoms and the higher the occurrence, the more the patient reports being difficult to live with dysarthria, particularly when there are deviations in the emotional domain.
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spelling doaj-art-2db6c9e7ef894b6a939810749d431d572025-08-20T03:18:23ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272014-06-0172648048010.1590/0004-282X20140041S0004-282X2014000600480Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's diseaseFlávia Pereira da CostaPurpose: To investigate in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), which are the coping strategies used and the relation between type of coping, voice symptoms and communicative aspects. Method: 73 subjects, 33 in the experimental group, with diagnosis of PD, and 40 subjects in the control group, healthy and without vocal complaints. They underwent the following procedures: application of the Voice Symptons Scale – VoiSS – Brazilian Version, Voice Disability Coping Questionnaire – VDCQ – Brazilian Version, and the questionnaire Living with Dysarthria – LwD. Results: The experimental group showed deviations in all protocols: VDCQ (p<0.001), VoiSS (p<0.001), LwD (p<0.001). The most frequently used coping strategy was self-control (p<0.001). The correlation between vocal symptoms and communicative aspects showed that the greater the impairment in communication, the greater the VoiSS emotional scores and the greater will be the amount of voice symptoms and signs. However, the vocal signs and symptoms and communicative aspects showed no correlation with coping. Conclusion: Patients with PD have a high amount of vocal signs and symptoms and the higher the occurrence, the more the patient reports being difficult to live with dysarthria, particularly when there are deviations in the emotional domain.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000600480&lng=en&tlng=envoicedysphoniaParkinson diseasespeechlanguage and hearing sciences
spellingShingle Flávia Pereira da Costa
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voice
dysphonia
Parkinson disease
speech
language and hearing sciences
title Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's disease
title_full Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's disease
title_fullStr Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's disease
title_full_unstemmed Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's disease
title_short Communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with Parkinson's disease
title_sort communicative aspects and coping strategies in patients with parkinson s disease
topic voice
dysphonia
Parkinson disease
speech
language and hearing sciences
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