Quality of Life in Prodromal HD: Qualitative Analyses of Discourse from Participants and Companions

Table 1

Percentage of codeable statements and kappa agreement for content, time, and emotion codes.

	All PrHD	PrHD in Dyad	Companions	Range	Mdn.
Valence
Negative emotion	38%	36%	39%	0.35–0.92	0.68
Positive emotion	41%	43%	38%	0.11–0.90	0.71
Time
Past	17%	17%	12%	0.38–0.76	0.52
Now	65%	66%	67%	0.00–0.84	0.72
Future	8%	7%	12%	0.20–0.67	0.48
Content
Employment	6%	6%	6%	0.50–1.00	0.70
Spirituality	2%	1%	4%	0.33–1.00	0.87
Interpersonal relationships	31%	32%	24%	0.54–0.77	0.60
HD in other people	10%	11%	8%	0.09–0.67	0.40
Coping	27%	29%	37%	0.13–0.60	0.44

𝑁=15 (9 persons prodromal for HD; 6 companions).