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Introduction. People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) have lower life satisfaction (LS) than healthy peers. No study has yet identified predictors of LS in people with PD. Such information would be valuable for health care and future interventions that aim to maintain or increase LS. Aim. To examine how LS evolved in people with PD over a 3year period, as well as to identify predictive factors of LS. Methods. We used data from baseline assessments and a 3year followup of 163 people with PD (baseline, mean age 68 years; median PD duration 8 years, 35% women). LS was assessed with item 1 of the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LiSat11). Dichotomized LS data from the 3year followup were used as the dependent variable in multivariable logistic regression analyses. In the first step, independent variables included baseline information on sex, education, general selfefficacy, motor symptoms, perceived …