Introduction: Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, with the
presence of motor and non-motor symptoms, which can impact both the nutritional status and
the quality of life (QoL) of the affected individual. Objectives: Evaluate the correlation
between anthropometric variables and the QoL of people with PD. Methods: This is a cross sectional, descriptive and analytical study, carried out by collecting anthropometric (Body Mass
Index and Triciptal Skin Fold) data to identify the nutritional status and applying the
Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) for QoL. SPSS software, version 24.0, was used
for the statistical analysis. Results: The research conducted with 33 participants followed up in
a public hospital in Belém. It observed that the mean age of the participants was 58.9 ± 11.6
years, with prevalence among men (69.7 %). Overweight was noted in 45.4 % of the
respondents. Perceived QoL was most impaired in the dimensions of body discomfort (75.3 ±
16.6), social support (62.7 ± 15.7) and mobility (61.0 ± 23.6). The correlation between total
QoL score and age (model 1, B= 0.347; CI 0.004 - 0.902; p=0.048), which remained statistically
significant in multiple linear regression, independent of gender (model 2, B=0.365; CI 0.016 -
0.937; p=0.043) and BMI (model 3, B=0.363; CI 0.006 - 0.943; p=0.047), suggests that in the
participants of this study, this relation is not dependent on gender and nutritional status.
Conclusion: It was found that the lower the BMI, the worse is the cognition and social support.
And the higher the TSF, the less affected are the daily physical activity and cognition
dimensions; however, the more affected is social support. It is essential that the public health
service invest in campaigns and support groups about the best way to live with PD, carry out
the mapping on a larger scale of these patients, besides offering, especially, a multidisciplinary
team for the treatment of PD to control the symptoms, improve the nutritional profile and QoL
of these individuals.
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