Parkinson’s Disease

Research Article

Visual Hallucinations as Incidental Negative Effects of Virtual Reality on Parkinson’s Disease Patients: A Link with Neurodegeneration?

Table 2

Demographics and clinical characteristics of groups at baseline and eight years later at follow-up.
 VHVR WVHVR P
Age baselineNS
Sex (m)18NS
EducationNS
MMSE Baseline  
Follow-up 		Baseline  
Follow-up 		NS
NS
Hoehn/Yahr stageBaseline  
Follow-up 		Baseline  
Follow-up 		NS
UPDRS part IIIBaseline  
Follow-up 		Baseline  
Follow-up 		NS
L-dopa eq/die (mg/day)Baseline 683.3
Follow-up 695 		Baseline 788
Follow-up 633 		NS
NS
DA therapy (%)Baseline 100
Follow-up 100		Baseline 30
Follow-up 70 		 
VH (%)Baseline 0
Follow-up 100		Baseline 0
Follow-up 0		 
NPIBaseline  
Follow-up 		Baseline  
Follow-up 		NS
NS
FABBaseline  
Follow-up 		Baseline  
Follow-up 		 
All values represent mean (SD, when not otherwise stated).
MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; NPI = Neuropsychiatry Inventory; FAB = Frontal Assessment Battery; UPDRS part III = Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-subscale III; VH = visual hallucination in the real life.