Research Article

Impact of Off-Time on Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Patients and Their Caregivers: Insights from Social Media

Table 1

Overview of key search terms.

General terms
 “Parkinson’s disease” or “Parkinsons disease” or #Parkinsons or #Parkinsonsdisease or “Parkinson disease” or #Parkinsondisease
 Parkinsonism or parkinsonian or “secondary parkinsonsim”
 “Parkin disease”
 LRRK2 or “leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 gene” or dardarin OR PARK8
 “Unified Parkinson’s disease rating Scale”
 PDQ39 or “Parkinsons disease questionnaire”
 6OHDA or “Parkinson’s model”
Treatments
 Nourianz or nouriast or nouryant or Istradefylline
 Kynmobi or “apomorphine hydrochloride”
 Carbidopa or Lodosyn
 Nuplazid or Primavanserin
 AtremoPlus
 Levodopa or “L Dopa” or “l-dopa” or IPX203
 Co-beneldopa or Madopar or “Madopa CR” or “Caramet CR” or Lecado or “Half Sinemet CR” or Sinemet or “Sinemet Plus” or “Sinemet CR” or Duodopa
 Co-careldopa or “Apodespan PR”
 Duopa or “carbidopa levodopa infusion” or “carbidopa-levodopa”
 Inbrija or “inhaled carbidopa-levodopa” or “inhaled carbidopa levodopa” or “inhaled carbidopa”
 Entacapone or Comtan or Comtess or co-careldopa or stalevo or sastravi or stanek
Treatments anchored to: Parkinson’s or Parkinsons
 “Dopamine agonists” or dopamine or (dopamine NEAR/2 replacement)
 Apomorphine or Apokyn or “Apo-go” or Dacepton or “Apo-go prefilled pen” or “Dacepton cartridge” or “Apo-go prefilled syringe” or “Dacepton vial”
 Pramipexole or mirapex or mirapexin or Pipexus or Glepark or Oprymea or Zentiva
 Ropinirole or Requip or Adartrel or “Ralnea XL” or “Requip XL” or “Spiroco XL” or “Ipinnia XL” or “Raponer XL” or “Ropilynz XL”
 Rotigotine or Neupro or “Rotigotine transdermal patches”
 Amantadine or Gocovri or “glutamate antagonist”
“MAO-B inhibitors”
 Rasagiline or Azilect
 Selegiline or Zelapar or “Eldepryl Emsam” or L-deprenyl
 Safinamide or Xadago
 “COMT inhibitors”
 Tolcapone or Tasmar
 Opicapone or Ongentys
 Anticholinergic or artane
 Trihexyphenidyl or Benzhexol or “Benzhexol Trihex”
 Ambroxol or mucosolvan or mucobrox or mucol
 GyroGlove or GyroGrear or “gyroscopic glove”
 LSVT OR “Lee Silverman voice treatment”
 Terazosin or hytrin
“MRI-HIFU” or “magnetic resonance imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy”
 Benzatropin or Cogentin
 Proclydine or Kenadrin
 Domperidone or motilum
 (Treatment or medication) and (“side effects” or limitation )
Symptoms anchored to: Parkinson’s or Parkinsons
 Tremor or shak
 Slow or bradykinesia
 Stiff or rigid
 Depress or anxiety
 “Balance problems” or fall or “postural instability”
 Anosmia
 Insomnia
 Memory or dementia or “Lewy bodies” or “lewy body”
 Dyskinesia or spasm or writh or jerk or dystonia
 Hallucination
 Constipat
 “Vision problem” or “speech difficulty”
 “Swallowing difficulties” or drool or dribbl
 “Restless leg syndrome” or akathisia or akathesia
 “Urinary leakage”
 Sweat
 Dizzy or dizziness
 Fatigue or tired or exhausted
 “Off-time” or “off-time” or “off period” or “off-period” or “off state” or “off-state” or “off episodes” or “off-episodes” or “wearing off” or “wear off” or “wearing-off” or “wear-off” “off phase” or “off-phase” or (freez and (gait or movement)) or freez
 “On-time” or “on-time” or “controlled symptoms” or “honeymoon period” or “control of motor symptoms” or “control of non-motor symptoms” or “control of symptoms” or “controlled symptoms”
 Pain or discomfort or uncomfortable
 “Low blood pressure” or hypotension
 Handwriting or “hand writing”
Hashtags
 #Endingparkinsons
 #Parkinsonsuk
 #PDavengers
 #WorldParkinsonsDay
 #TeamParkinsons
 #ParkinsonsResearch
 #Parkinsonsdiseasecure
 #Parkinsonsdiseaserecovery
 #Parkinsonsdiseasesupport
 #Parkinsonsawarenessweek
 #Parkinsonsukfindacure
 #Parkinsonsukchangingattitudes
 #Parkinsonsukfundraiser
 #Parkinsonsyoga
 #Parkinsonsukcharity
 #Parkinsonsexercise
 #Parkinsonsawarenessmonth
 #Parkinsonsfitness
 #Parkinsonssucks
 #Parkinsonspower
 #Parkinsonswalk
 #Parkinsonsdementia
 #Hateparkinsonsdisease
 #Parkinsonstraining
Exclusion terms
 “Police department”
 “Democratic party” or “partito democratico”
 NYPD

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