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The Causes and Impact of Crisis for People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Patient and Carer Perspective

Fearn S, Bartolomeu Pires S, Agarwal V, Roberts HC, Spreadbury J and Kipps C

The reasons for acute hospital admissions among people with Parkinson’s disease are well documented. However, understanding of crises that are managed in the community is comparatively lacking. Most existing literature on the causes of crisis for people with Parkinson’s disease (PwP) uses hospital data and excludes the individual’s own perspective on the crisis trigger and the impact of the crisis on their care needs.

Researchers:

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Dr Sarah Fearn

Senior Research Fellow

Sarah joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton as a Senior Research Fellow in 2016 and has extensive experience carrying out research into care for people with […]

Dr John Spreadbury

Senior Research Fellow

John is a senior research fellow within the NIHR ARC Wessex, Ageing and Dementia Theme, based in the Faculty of Medicine at University Hospital Southampton. John’s research interests include digital health […]

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Professor Chris Kipps

Consultant Neurologist

Chris is a Consultant Neurologist with subspecialty interest in behavioural neurology and cognitive disorders, and Professor of Clinical Neurology and Dementia at University Hospital Southampton and the University of Southampton. […]