Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on Daily Routine Driving Practice in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Joint Authors
Buhmann, Carsten
Vettorazzi, Eik
Oehlwein, Christian
Rikkers, Fred
Poetter-Nerger, Monika
Gulberti, Alessandro
Gerloff, Christian
Moll, Christian K.
Hamel, Wolfgang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To determine the influence of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on daily routine driving behavior in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients.
Methods.
A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was done in 121 DBS-PD patients.
The influences of patient characteristics and DBS on current driving and driving at time of surgery and the predictive value of the preoperative levodopa-test on postoperative driving were evaluated.
Results.
50% of 110 driving-license holders currently drove.
63.0% rated themselves as safe drivers, 39.4% reported improvement, and 10.9% noted deterioration in driving after DBS surgery.
Inactive drivers had quit driving mainly due to disease burden (90.9%).
Active drivers were younger, more often males, and less impaired according to H&Y and MMSE, had surgery more recently, and reported more often overall benefit from DBS.
H&Y “on” and UPDRS III “off” scores at time of surgery were lower in pre- and postoperative active than in inactive drivers.
Tremor and akinesia were less frequent reasons to quit driving after than before DBS surgery.
Postoperatively, 22.7% (10/44) of patients restarted and 10.6% (7/66) of patients discontinued driving, independently of H&Y stage.
The preoperative levodopa-test was not predictive for the postoperative driving outcome.
Conclusion.
50% of PD patients with DBS drive.
DBS surgery changes daily routine driving behavior.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Buhmann, Carsten& Vettorazzi, Eik& Oehlwein, Christian& Rikkers, Fred& Poetter-Nerger, Monika& Gulberti, Alessandro…[et al.]. 2015. Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on Daily Routine Driving Practice in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Buhmann, Carsten…[et al.]. Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on Daily Routine Driving Practice in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Buhmann, Carsten& Vettorazzi, Eik& Oehlwein, Christian& Rikkers, Fred& Poetter-Nerger, Monika& Gulberti, Alessandro…[et al.]. Impact of Deep Brain Stimulation on Daily Routine Driving Practice in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s Disease. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1075903