Research Article

Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Sleep in People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Secondary per Protocol Analysis from an Intervention Trial

Table 1

Measures of health before and after the 24-week exercise intervention.

ExerciseHandwriting
BeforeAfterBeforeAfter

FSS3 ± 1.383 ± 1.354 ± 1.463 ± 1.56
EQ5D-5L79.21 ± 12.2278.48 ± 17.8976.58 ± 16.2974.75 ± 17.94
Sleep problemsa1.5 ± 1.431.3 ± 1.261.4 ± 1.331.5 ± 1.38
Daytime sleepinessa1.5 ± 0.781.5 ± 0.871.2 ± 0.941.3 ± 0.91
Turning in beda0.5 ± 0.690.7 ± 0.650.7 ± 0.620.8 ± 0.84

Values are means ± standard deviations. A Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to determine differences between pre- and postintervention followed by a Mann–Whitney test for between-group differences, with and , respectively. FSS: fatigue severity scale; afrom UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Parts 1 and 2 subscores.