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Guideline "Parkinson's disease" of the German Society of Neurology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie): concepts of care.

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  • 1. Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, 44791, Bochum, Germany.
      Authors
    • Tönges L 1
    (1 author)
  • 2. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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    • Buhmann C 2
    (1 author)
  • 3. Department of Neurology, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany.
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    • Eggers C 3
    (1 author)
  • 4. Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
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    • Lorenzl S 4
    (1 author)
  • 5. Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Klinikum Osnabrück-Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Münster, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany.
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    • Warnecke T 5
    (1 author)

ORCIDs linked to this article

Journal of Neurology, 06 Jul 2024,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12546-3 PMID: 38969876 

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Abstract 

Introduction

In 2023, the German Society of Neurology published a new guideline on Parkinson's disease. An important section dealt with PD care concepts, which represent a particularly dynamic field of PD research, including their implementation in clinical practice. Parkinson's disease is the second most common age-associated neurodegenerative disease. Current estimates of the number of cases in the population describe a significant increase in prevalence in Germany by 2030 with higher proportions in rural areas, which also have a lack of sufficient PD care resources.

Recommendations

In comparison with other international guidelines, which have so far mentioned palliative care and Parkinson's nurses in particular, the German S2k guideline expands the recommended concepts of PD care to include PD day clinics, inpatient complex treatment, and PD networks.

Conclusion

Concepts of PD care guidelines are necessary because of the complex and rapidly evolving field of PD care provision. If applied appropriately, the potential for optimized care can be exploited and both the patient burden and the economic burden can be reduced. Given that modern care concepts have so far only been applied in a few regions, it is often impossible to generate broad evidence-based data, so that the evaluation of PD care concepts is partly dependent on expert opinion.

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Ruhr-Universität Bochum