Adolescent and Adult Children of Parents with Parkinson's Disease: Incorporating Their Needs in Clinical Guidelines

Table 3

Percentage values by parental condition for dichotomous variables of PIIS-R.

PIIS-R item	PD%	MS%
(43) Have enough information	62.5	57.1
(44) Know enough about what will happen in the future to parent	46.3	43.5
(45) Rely solely on parents for information about parent’s condition	61.3	68.3
(46) Have somebody to talk to about parent’s illness if want to	70.4	69.8
(47) Have support from friends and family	81.3	77.0
(48) Have ways to cope with any feelings of anger	74.5	72.5
(49) Parent talks about their condition	77.5	66.7
(50) Would help to have contact with people in similar circumstances	43.6	29.0
(51) Would help to have training in giving practical care	52.5	37.1
(52) Would help to have opportunity for counselling	35.0	31.7
(53) Would help to have counselling as family	21.5	22.2
(54) Outside help available to help care for affected parent	40.8	55.0
(55) Think more help (e.g., meals on wheels, physiotherapy) should be provided by services	61.0	61.9
(56) Would help to be able to talk to local services about help provided to parent	40.5	28.6