Correlations among self-efficacy, gait rehabilitation and quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients with deep brain stimulation

Abstract

Objective To understand the current situations of self-efficacy, gait rehabilitation and quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS) and to explore the correlations among them. Methods We selected 120 Parkinson's disease patients with DBS of Neurosurgery Department at a Class Ⅲ Grade A hospital in a city by convenience sampling from January 2017 to May 2018. Self-efficacy, gait rehabilitation and quality of life of patients were investigated with the general information questionnaire, Self-Efficacy Scale, Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (FGQ) , Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) . Results Among Parkinson's disease patients with DBS, the scores of self-efficacy, FGQ, BBS and PDQ-39 were (5.8±1.7) , (12.8±1.8) , (27.8±2.3) and (38.7±8.7) respectively. Patients' self-efficacy had a negative correlation with the self-efficacy (P<0.01) and had positive correlations with the balance function and quality of life (P<0.01) . Conclusions There are close correlations among self-efficacy, gait rehabilitation and quality of life in Parkinson's disease patients with DBS. The higher the self-efficacy of patients, the better the gait rehabilitation after surgery and the higher the quality of life, which provides a new perspective for medical staff to improve patients' gait rehabilitation after surgery. Key words: Parkinson; Deep brain stimulation; Self efficacy; Freezing gait; Balance function; Quality of life