Parkinson’s Disease

Research Article

Determinants of Dyadic Relationship and Its Psychosocial Impact in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Spouses

Table 4

Spearman rank correlation coefficients between independent variables and dependent variables. dyads.


	PD-patient MS		PDQ8SI		PD-partner MS		CBS
	Rho	value	Rho	value	Rho	value	Rho	value

PD-patient MS	1.00
PDQ8SI	−.516	<.001	1.00
PD-partner MS	.524	<.001	−.409	.003	1.00
CBS	−.262	.063	.292	.038	−.631	<.001	1.00
UPDRS III	−.311	.026	.322	.021	−.255	.071	.286	.042
H/Y	−.290	.039	.413	.003	−.309	.027	.336	.016
NMSQuest	−.178	.212	.631	<.001	−.252	.074	.258	.067
IQCODE	−.229	.107	.285	.042	−.529	<.001	.618	<.001
Cohabitation	.056	.695	−.013	.925	.072	.614	−.296	.035
PD-duration	−.199	.171	.085	.563	−.100	.495	.053	.715

Notes: PD: Parkinson’s disease, PDQ8SI: the Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire Summery Index, MS: mutuality scale, CBS: caregiver burden scale, NMSQuest: the Non-motor Symptom Questionnaire, UPDRS III: the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-Part III, H/Y: Hohen & Yahr, and IQCODE: Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly.