Status and influencing factors of disease acceptance in patients with Parkinson’s disease

<p indent="0mm">To provide evidence supporting the development of targeted interventions for caregivers, we investigated the current status of disease acceptance in patients with Parkinson’s disease and analyzed its influencing factors. In total, 179 patients with Parkinson’s disease who were either outpatients or inpatients in a tertiary hospital in Jiangsu Province were enrolled using the simple sampling method. The current status of disease acceptance in patients was investigated by administering the General Data Questionnaire, Disease Acceptance Scale, Modified H–Y Grading Scale, and Quality of Life Questionnaire (PDQ-39). The disease acceptance score of the studied population was 20.22±7.15. In this study, 92 (51.39%) patients scored&lt;20 points, which indicated that patients with emotional or psychological problems could not accept their disease; 66 (36.87%) patients with 20–30 points showed moderate acceptance of their disease; and 21 (11.73%) patients who scored&gt;30 points indicated that they could easily accept their disease. Correlation analysis revealed that the disease acceptance scores of older patients with Parkinson’s disease were related to educational attainment, marital status, annual family income, labor nature, residence mode, and H–Y rating (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that physical activity, humiliation, communication, and H–Y staging in older patients with Parkinson’s disease were risk factors that affect disease acceptance, explaining 49.5% of the total variation in disease acceptance. Acceptance of disease by patients with Parkinson’s disease is at a lower middle level. Medical workers should prioritize assessing disease acceptance in patients with Parkinson’s disease. They could establish precise and personalized interventions based on the patient’s lifestyle, physical activity, humiliation, communication, and other aspects to improve the patient’s acceptance of their condition.