Is essential tremor benign

摘要: We analyzed the results of Sickness Impact Profile, a self-reporting measure sickness-related dysfunction in 753 essential tremor (ET) patients, 87 controls from general population, and 145 patients with Parkinson9s disease (PD). Compared ET had significantly greater all but one category. Communication, Work, Emotional Behavior, Home Management, Recreation Pastimes were particularly impaired ET. The PD higher categories as compared patients. conclude that significant disability can occur and, PD, tends to be less severe causes relatively psychosocial dysfunction.