The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of Parkinson’s disease and other degenerative / vascular parkinsonian disorders in a defined geographical area in the North-East of Scotland and to describe the long-term prognosis of patients and carers in an incident cohort compared to age-sex matched community controls.
Ascertainment:
- Referrals from GPs
- Referrals from hospital consultants
- Hand-searching referral letters (neurology & DOME)
- Electronic searching (GP, hospital discharge data)
- Screening over 65 and over 75’s
Annual follow-up plus linked to death register.
Last update – 08/03/2017