“His tongue seems shorter”: experiences of caregivers of managing communication with people with Parkinson disease in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Altaher, Abeer Muneer, Chu, Shin Ying, Tan, Joo Siang, Sathiyasenan, Sai Tarishini, Hersh, Deborah, Mustaffa Kamal, Rahayu
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2023
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/109546/7/109546_His%20tongue%20seems%20shorter_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/109546/8/109546_His%20tongue%20seems%20shorter.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/109546/; https://journals.lww.com/topicsingeriatricrehabilitation/abstract/2023/07000/_his_tongue_seems_shorter___experiences_of.8.aspx

This qualitative study explored Malaysian caregivers’ experiences when caring for people with Parkinson disease (PD). Semistructured interviews (n = 10) were conducted, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Four major themes and 9 subthemes emerged from the challenges face...