The Level of Knowledge of Parkinson’s Disease among Nonprofessional Caregivers in a Movement Disorders Center in Turkey

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants (caregivers and patients).

	Caregiver		Patients with PD
	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	47	58.8	39	48.8
Male	33	41.3	41	51.3
Level of education
Illiterate	4	5.0	19	23.8
Literate/elementary	39	48.8	41	51.3
Middle/high	22	27.6	14	17.5
University	15	18.8	6	7.5
Occupation
Not working	39	48.8	40	50
Retired	15	18.8	40	50
Working	26	32.5
Caregiving situation
Rarely	14	17.5
Mostly	12	15
Full time	54	67.5
Age [mean (SD)]	47.94 (12.40)		62.46 (10.19)
Duration of illness [mean (SD)]	—		6.96 (5.69)