{"title":"Care for Parkinson’s Disease Patients in Pakistan: A Call for Help during COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Sohaib Zahid, Sajjad Ali, Areeb Mohsin","doi":"10.15540/nr.7.4.156","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Parkinson's disease (PD) is an idiopathic disorder of the extrapyramidal system. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unfolds, the continuity of essential services for neurodegenerative disorders and similar chronic health problems is a significant concern especially for South Asian regions, including Pakistan. Reportedly, Pakistan has about 450,000 PD patients afflicted with PD, which accounts for about 219 PD patients per 100,000 individuals (Hussain et al., 2017). As COVID-19 is still prevalent throughout the country, it might contribute to a coexisting burden of PD on our healthcare systems.","PeriodicalId":37439,"journal":{"name":"NeuroRegulation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NeuroRegulation","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15540/nr.7.4.156","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is an idiopathic disorder of the extrapyramidal system. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unfolds, the continuity of essential services for neurodegenerative disorders and similar chronic health problems is a significant concern especially for South Asian regions, including Pakistan. Reportedly, Pakistan has about 450,000 PD patients afflicted with PD, which accounts for about 219 PD patients per 100,000 individuals (Hussain et al., 2017). As COVID-19 is still prevalent throughout the country, it might contribute to a coexisting burden of PD on our healthcare systems.
帕金森病(PD)是一种锥体外系系统的特发性疾病。随着2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行的展开，神经退行性疾病和类似慢性健康问题的基本服务的连续性是一个重大问题，特别是对包括巴基斯坦在内的南亚地区。据报道，巴基斯坦约有45万PD患者，每10万人中约有219名PD患者(Hussain et al.， 2017)。由于COVID-19在全国仍然普遍存在，它可能会导致PD对我们的医疗系统造成共存的负担。
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NeuroRegulation is a peer-reviewed journal providing an integrated, multidisciplinary perspective on clinically relevant research, treatment, reviews, and public policy for neuroregulation and neurotherapy. NeuroRegulation publishes important findings in these fields with a focus on electroencephalography (EEG), neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback), quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG), psychophysiology, biofeedback, heart rate variability, photobiomodulation, repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (rTMS) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS); with a focus on treatment of psychiatric, mind-body, and neurological disorders. In addition to research findings and reviews, it is important to stress that publication of case reports is always useful in furthering the advancement of an intervention for both clinical and normative functioning. We strive for high quality and interesting empirical topics presented in a rigorous and scholarly manner. The journal draws from expertise inside and outside of the International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR) to deliver material which integrates the diverse aspects of the field, to include: *basic science *clinical aspects *treatment evaluation *philosophy *training and certification issues *technology and equipment
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