2019
Enfeeblement in Elders with Essential Tremor: Characterizing the Phenomenon and Its Role in Caregiver Burden
Cersonsky T, Diaz D, Kellner S, Hickman R, Zdrodowska M, Monin J, Louis E. Enfeeblement in Elders with Essential Tremor: Characterizing the Phenomenon and Its Role in Caregiver Burden. Tremor And Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2019, 9 DOI: 10.5334/tohm.461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCaregiver burdenEssential tremorAssessment of patientsCommon movement disorderGreater tremor severityMore depressive symptomsCaregivers of individualsClinical correlatesFunctional impairmentMovement disordersGait disabilityCaregiver needsDepressive symptomsOverall healthTremor severityOlder ageGreater burdenCaregiversTremorBurdenCognitive difficultiesDisabilityScoresEldersIndividuals
2017
Psychological Suffering in Essential Tremor: A Study of Patients and Those Who Are Close to Them
Monin J, Gutierrez J, Kellner S, Morgan S, Collins K, Rohl B, Migliore F, Cosentino S, Huey E, Louis E. Psychological Suffering in Essential Tremor: A Study of Patients and Those Who Are Close to Them. Tremor And Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2017, 7: 526. DOI: 10.5334/tohm.338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNumber of medicationsET patientsEssential tremorTremor severityOverall sufferingCognitive statusPatients’ psychological sufferingNon-motor featuresStudy of patientsPsychological sufferingPatients' cognitive statusOwn depressive symptomsDaily stressPatient depressionDementia patientsDepressive symptomsPatientsPatient experienceMultidisciplinary teamSupportive interventionsMedicationsSeverityRegression modelsTremorDepression