Indu Subramanian, MDS 2020 – Impact of Social Isolation in Parkinson’s Disease (Part 2)

We were delighted to have the opportunity to speak with Indu Subramanian (Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, and West Los Angeles Veterans Administration, Los Angeles, CA, USA) around the focus of her recently published article entitled: Synergy of pandemics-social isolation is associated with worsened Parkinson severity and quality of life, which was highlighted as a top abstract at the MDS Virtual Congress 2020.

Questions
1. What were the aims, design and outcome measures of your study? (0:06)
2. What were the findings of this study in terms of symptom severity and quality of life? (3:59)
3. What were the limitations of this study and what further studies would be useful? (5:58)

See also the 1st part of this interview here.

Disclosures: Dr Indu Subramanian has no financial or non-financial relationships or activities to declare in relation to this video interview.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media.

Filmed as a highlight of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society MDS Virtual Congress 2020.