Research Article

Preoperative Attention/Memory Problem Affects the Quality of Life of Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Deep Brain Stimulation: A Cohort Study

Table 3

The correlations between the test scores at the preoperative baseline and the 12-month change scores of quality of life (N = 93).

PDQ-8 SI change score
r

PDQ-8 SI0.80<0.001
Baseline NMSS domains
 Cardiovascular0.220.032
 Sleep/fatigue0.330.001
 Mood/cognition0.49<0.001
 Perceptual problems/hallucinations0.36<0.001
 Attention/memory0.220.031
 Gastrointestinal0.36<0.001
 Urinary0.270.010
 Sexual function0.110.291
 Miscellaneous0.180.090
 NMSS total score0.46<0.001

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