Turner Laura M, Liddle Jacki, Pachana Nancy A
a The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
Clin Gerontol. 2017 May-Jun;40(3):220-229. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2016.1215365. Epub 2016 Jul 28.
In addition to the motor and cognitive symptoms that people with Parkinson's disease (PD) typically experience, psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety are also commonly experienced by people with PD. The overall purpose of the current study was to explore driving and driving cessation for people with PD and their families.
A descriptive phenomenological approach was employed using semi-structured interviews and 34 interviews were conducted overall (22 participants with PD and 12 family members).
Experiences of anxiety and worry that had an impact on driving and driving cessation arose from the data, and this article specifically captured the lived experience of anxiety with driving and driving cessation for people with PD and their families.
Findings reveal that the experience of anxiety while driving, as well as anticipatory anxiety and/or worry related to driving cessation, affect the driving experiences and wellbeing of people with PD.
Implications of the study findings are outlined and aim to provide information about the needs to enable future clinical directions to be developed.
除了帕金森病（PD）患者通常会经历的运动和认知症状外，焦虑等精神症状在PD患者中也很常见。本研究的总体目的是探讨PD患者及其家人的驾驶和停止驾驶情况。
采用描述性现象学方法，通过半结构化访谈进行研究，共进行了34次访谈（22名PD患者和12名家庭成员）。
数据中出现了对驾驶和停止驾驶有影响的焦虑和担忧经历，本文具体阐述了PD患者及其家人在驾驶和停止驾驶时焦虑的实际体验。
研究结果表明，驾驶时的焦虑体验以及与停止驾驶相关的预期焦虑和/或担忧，会影响PD患者的驾驶体验和幸福感。
概述了研究结果的意义，旨在提供相关信息，以便为未来临床指导方向的制定提供依据。
