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September 25-26, 2017 Chicago, USA
3rd International Conference on
Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders
Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0460 Parkinson 2017
September 25-26, 2017
Improvement quality of life of people with Parkinson‘s disease by physical and psychosocial approach:
Experience of Kaunas UAS/Kauno Kolegija project
Viktorija Piscalkiene
Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania
Introduction: Motoric, psychical, emotional and sensory disorders determine the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s
disease. They burden daily life activities and influence interpersonal relationship, and increase the risk of injuries. The
studies reveal that enabling or in other words the encouragement of people’s abilities, motivation, learning, self-assessment and
provision with target knowledge is extremely significant for persons with Parkinson’ disease. It is of great importance that they
would believe that they are able, have some skills and they are worth some resources, necessary for their physical and social
functioning.
Aim: To improve life quality of the peoplewithParkinson’s disease (PD) under physical and psychosocial approach. Project target
group–people with PD (N=60). The interdisciplinary team that consisted of 30 lecturers and some tens of students-volunteers
worked in the following project activities. Project duration-10 months (2016-2017). During the project there were delivered 1)
interactive seminars under underlying issues for the people with PD and their relatives 2) there were organized camps of self-
expression and healthy movement, devoted to the people with PD 3) there were conducted visits to the people, distinguishing
by limited movement at their home, during which there were applied integral methods of nursing and rehabilitation.
Methodology: Applying a partially structured interview, it was sought to find out what benefits for life quality were gained
through the participation in the project for the people with PD. The research was grounded on the thematic analysis.
Findings: All the people with PD, participating in the project highlighted their positive experience and positive impact on
their life quality. The following experiences were reflected under cognitive approach–when people with PD, gained target
knowledge in terms of self-care possibilities, being ill with this disease. Under physical approach, life quality improved due to
the participation in different forums of physical activity. The researched paid the greatest value to the psychological changes,
when they learnt to cognize themselves, trust themselves and assess themselves positively; to set new aims for themselves and
implement them. Under social approach, positive benefit was gained through the mutual activities with students, lecturers,
deeper cognition of old and new people with PD and participation in mutual integral social activities.
Conclusion & Significance: Interdisciplinary approach and application of integral techniques is very significant for the
decrease of physical disorders of the people with Parkinson’s disease and it aids at the improvement of emotional condition
and social integration.
Biography
Viktorija Piscalkiene is cuurently working in Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania. From 1993–2005 she worked in the Hospital of Lithuanian University
of Health Sciences (LSMU) Kaunas klinikos. Her areas of scientific interests are psychosocial aspects in nursing, research of healthy ageing, evaluation of
educational environment, educational evaluation of children with ADHD and opportunities for complex aid.
Viktorija Piscalkiene, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2017, 7:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C1-030