The PIT: SToPP Trial—A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Home-Based Physiotherapy for People with Parkinson's Disease Using Video-Based Measures to Preserve Assessor Blinding
Table 1
Participant characteristics at baseline ().
Variable
Value
Control group ()
Treatment group ()
All ()
Age (years)
Median (IQR), range
74 (70–78), 58–86
75 (69–77), 64–82
74 (69–77), 58–86
Gender
Men ()
18 (78%)
17 (71%)
35 (74%)
Years since diagnosis
Median (IQR), range
7 (4–12), 1–19
8 (4–11), 1–30
7 (4–12), 1–30
Hoehn and yahr (grade)
I
1
0
1 (2%)
II
5
4
9 (19%)
III
10
12
22 (47%)
IV
7
8
15 (32%)
UPDRS
Median (IQR), range
30 (18–45), 9–52
26 (21–38), 10–60
28 (20–41), 9–60
12-month fall history
No falls ()
7
4
11 (23%)
Single fall ()
6
6
12 (26%)
Repeated falls ()
10
14
24 (51%)
Indication for physiotherapy
Transfers excessively slowly
(%)
23 (100)
22 (92)
45 (96)
Transfers a considerable effort
(%)
20 (87)
19 (79)
39 (83)
History of falls transferring
(%)
10 (43)
7 (29)
17 (36)
Primary outcome measures
PAS chair transfer score
Median (IQR), range
5 (4–6), 0–8
4 (4–6), 2–8
4 (4–6), 0–8
Sit-to-stand time (s)
Median (IQR), range
2.2 (1.6–3.7), 0.8–11.1
2.1 (1.5–3.2), 0.8–7.2
2.2 (1.5–3.2), 0.8–11.1
SAS score
Median (IQR), range
54 (41–70), 37–104
50 (43–63), 36–90
51 (41–65), 36–104
Secondary outcome measures
SS-180 turn time (s)
Median (IQR), range
3.8 (3.4–6.8), 1.8–45.6
5.5 (3.8–8.4), 2.2–43.5
5.3 (3.5–7.4), 1.8–45.6
FR (cm)
Median (IQR), range
21 (17–25), 10–33
18 (16–21), 9–32
20 (16–23), 9–33
UPDRS posture score
Median (IQR), range
1 (1-2), 0–4
1 (1-2), 0–3
1 (1-2), 0–4
HR-QOL score
Median (IQR), range
30 (26–32), 21–44
30 (28–37), 16–47
30 (27–35), 16–47
IQR = interquartile range; range = minimum to maximum.