Parkinson Disease
Study register · detail Patientenumfrage (anonymer Fragebogen) · Parkinson Disease · 2004

Survey on cannabis use in Parkinson's disease: subjective improvement of motor symptoms.

No direction reported GRADE Low 175 citations
Samplen = 339 Pat.
DesignPatientenumfrage (anonymer Fragebogen)
Summary

Anonymous questionnaire survey of n=339 Parkinson's patients: 25% reported cannabis use; of these, 45,9% described a subjective improvement of motor symptoms. No control arm; purely reported patient perspective.

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PopulationParkinson's patients from the Prague Movement Disorder Centre, n=339 questionnaire respondents, of whom 25% with cannabis experience
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InterventionCannabis (form of administration and dose not specified, retrospective self-report)
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Outcome45,9% of cannabis users report subjective improvement of motor symptoms
Confidence in the evidence
Low

The second of four GRADE levels, the effect estimate is of limited reliability.

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Authors
Venderová K, Růzicka E, Vorísek V, Visnovský P.
DOI 10.1002/mds.20111
Design: Patientenumfrage (anonymer Fragebogen)
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Abstract
An anonymous questionnaire sent to all patients attending the Prague Movement Disorder Centre revealed that 25% of 339 respondents had taken cannabis and 45.9% of these described some form of benefit.

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