Publications by authors named "T E Warnecke"
Background: Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) suffer from several neuropsychological impairments. These mainly affect the frontal lobe and subcortical brain structures. However, a scale for the assessment of cognitive and neuropsychiatric disability in PSP is still missing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe lack of patient and public involvement in oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) intervention studies in Parkinson's disease (PD) can bias the choice of outcomes to be measured in these studies. This study aimed to obtain perspectives of individuals living with OD in PD and family members/caregivers on OD intervention outcomes that are important to them. This is part of a larger Core Outcome Set project.
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- Dysphagia, a serious swallowing disorder, is common in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) and doesn’t improve with standard treatments.
- This study tested whether combining stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) could enhance swallowing function in 20 PD patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS).
- Results showed no significant difference in swallowing improvements between the two stimulation methods, but overall, all patients experienced better outcomes over eight weeks, likely due to ongoing swallowing therapy and increased focus on their swallowing abilities.
Disease-modifying therapeutics in the α-synucleinopathies multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) are in early phases of clinical testing. Involving patients' preferences including therapy-associated risk willingness in initial stages of therapy development has been increasingly pursued in regulatory approval processes. In our study with 49 MSA and 38 PD patients, therapy-associated risk willingness was quantified using validated standard gamble scenarios for varying severities of potential drug or surgical side effects.
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- The study aimed to create a shorter version of the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy quality of life scale (PSP-QoL) to make it easier for patients, especially those with cognitive impairments, to complete.
- Involved a retrospective analysis of data from 245 PSP patients in Germany, resulting in a condensed 12-item scale that covers mental and physical aspects of daily living.
- The new scale, called the PSP-ShoQoL, showed strong correlations with existing measures of quality of life and demonstrated its sensitivity to changes over time.