npj Parkinsons Dis: 5,000 people survey, mindfulness helps reduce Parkinson's symptoms

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway, resulting in striatal dopamine depletion

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway, resulting in striatal dopamine depletion

 Figure 1 The title of the paper

 Figure 1 The title of the paper

Both acute and chronic stress play important roles in PD

Both acute and chronic stress play important roles in PD

Recently, the covid-19 pandemic became a major stressor worldwide, and they showed in 358 Parkinson's disease patients that those with a higher covid-19-related stressor burden experienced more Parkinson's disease Severity of motor and non-motor symptoms, which may be secondary to greater psychological stress and life>the risk of infection

Hereby, Anouk van der Heide et al.

Their hypothesis is informed by previous work showing that healthy individuals with a low trait mindset have increased cortisol levels and are more susceptible to social stress

They are particularly concerned with mindfulness, which is defined as momentary, non-judgmental awareness

In PD, some studies have shown a positive effect on clinical symptoms, although the results are somewhat inconsistent

They sent an online survey to the Fox Insight cohort (n = 28,385 PD patients, n = 11,413 healthy controls)

Among patients, stress was associated with increased rumination (R=0.

 Figure 2 Mindfulness can reduce PD symptoms

 Figure 2 Mindfulness can reduce PD symptomsFigure2 Mindfulness can reduce PD symptoms

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Among non-users, 43.

The significance of the study is its finding that mindfulness may improve the severity of PD symptoms, with the strongest effects on anxiety and depressive mood

Original source:
van der Heide A, Speckens AEM, Meinders MJ, Rosenthal LS, Bloem BR, Helmich RC.
Stress and mindfulness in Parkinson's disease – a survey in 5000 patients.
npj Parkinsons Dis .
2021;7(1):7.
doi :10.
1038/s41531-020-00152-9 Stress and mindfulness in Parkinson's disease – a survey in 5000 patients.
npj Parkinsons Dis

 

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