Quality of Life Improvement Following Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease: Development of a Prognostic Model

Abstract

Our model accurately predicted whether QoL would improve in patients undergoing subthalamic nucleus DBS 81% of the time. Our data may serve as the foundation to further refine a clinically relevant prognostic tool that would assist the decision-making process for clinicians and DBS multidisciplinary teams assessing patient candidacy for surgery.