A Patient-Based Needs Assessment for Living Well with Parkinson Disease: Implementation via Nominal Group Technique

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of PwP participating in focus group (𝑛=17, 2 caregivers not included).

Characteristic	Mean (%)	SD or CI
Male = 39%
Age (43–84)	64.4	9.4
Disease duration (1–17 yrs)	8.8	4.7
Schwab and England ON (0–100)	81.3	54.4–96.0
Marital status
Married	67.0
Divorced	17.0
Single	11.0
Widowed	5.0
Level of education completed
Post graduate	33.0
Undergraduate	28.0
College diploma	22.0
High school	17.0
Employment status
Retired	73.0
Disability pension	17.0
Short-term disability	5.0
Employed	5.0
Living arrangements
With spouse	67.0
Alone	23.0
With children	5.0
With parent	5.0