CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 208Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement DisordersBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 44 of the 46 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

What are the determinants of quality of life in people with cervical dystonia?

Open access
Ben-Shlomo, Y·2002·Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
DOI 10.1136/jnnp.72.5.608PMC PMC1737851
Open this paper in CoChat — free accountOpen PDF

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the quality of life in patients with cervical dystonia, although pain and depression are relatively common. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that an individual's ability to cope with the disease will modify the association of intrinsic, extrinsic, and disease related factors with quality of life. METHODS: Patients with cervical dystonia diagnosed by a movement disorder specialist were recruited from seven European countries. Data on quality of life (SF-36), measures of coping, and intrinsic, extrinsic, and disease related factors were collected by a self completed postal questionnaire. RESULTS: 289 patients (101 men and 188 women), mean age 55 years, completed the questionnaire. Both physical and mental quality of life scores were predicted by self esteem and self deprecation, educational level, employment status, social support, response to botulinum toxin, disease severity, social participation, stigma, acceptance of illness, anxiety, and depression. In multivariable analyses, the strongest predictors were anxiety and depression. Severe depression was associated with a 19.1 point decrement in the physical summary score (95% confidence interval, -31.7 to -6.6; p = 0.003); however, disease duration and severity remained predictors. CONCLUSIONS: Care for patients with cervical dystonia must not only focus on reducing the severity of the dystonia but also on the psychological wellbeing of the patient. Interventions aimed at treating depression or anxiety, especially of a cognitive nature, may have a large impact on improving quality of life.

Overview

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1136/jnnp.72.5.608

Cites

44 of 44 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Verification

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Citations

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Show all 46 references

2 of the 46 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Research works printed but not linked: 3

  1. [5]5. Nickel T, Heinen F, Scheidt CE, et al. Spasmodic torticollis -a multicenter study on behavioural aspects. III. Psychosocial changes and coping. Behav Neurol 1996;9:25-34.
  2. [10]10. Zimet GD, Powell SS, Farley GK, et al. Psychometric characteristics of the MSPSS. J Pers Assess 1990;55:610-17.
  3. [41]41. www.jnnp.com If you can't find what you are looking for in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry you can extend your search across many of the more than 200 journals available for selection. You can restrict your search to specific subject areas (eg, clinical medicine, basic research), or select specific journals, or search all available titles. Cross journal searching Want to extend your search? Cross journal searching

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Items 201–208 of 208

Related

See all

Metadata

Authors
Ben-Shlomo, Y.
Venue
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2002-05-01
Volume
72
Issue
5
Pages
608-614
ISSN
0022-3050 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1136/jnnp.72.5.608
PMC
PMC1737851
OpenAlex
W2021575173
Cited by
208
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 13
FWCI
3.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Deep Brain Stimulation and Movement Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Keywords
cervical dystonia, quality of life, coping, depression, anxiety, disease severity, disease duration, social support, stigma, self-esteem, psychological well-being
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Anxiety, Cognition, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index, Social Support, Torticollis

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review