Mediating Effect of Mutuality on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical features ( dyads).
Patient
Partner
Female, (%)
22 (43.1)
29 (56.9)
Retired, (%)
45 (88.2)
39 (76.5)
Working, (%)
10 (19.6)
16 (31.4)
Level of education, (%)
Elementary
8 (15.7)
6 (11.8)
Secondary
11 (21.6)
16 (31.4)
University
32 (62.7)
29 (56.9)
Level of income (SEK)
0–199000
13 (25.5)
13 (25.5)
200000–450000
27 (52.9)
30 (58.8)
>450000
11 (21.6)
8 (15.7)
MS, m (SD)
3.2 (0.65)
2.9 (0.77)
PD duration, m (SD)
8.4 (6.4)
—
UPDRS III, m (SD)
18.1 (5.8)
—
NMSQuest, m (SD)
12.1 (4.6)
—
IQCODE, m (SD)
3.2 (0.53)
—
PDQ8, m (SD)
27.4 (14.6)
—
Dependency in ADL ()
Shopping, (%)
32 (91.4)
—
Cooking/cleaning, (%)
28 (80.0)
—
Walking/transferring, (%)
23 (65.7)
—
Bath/showering, (%)
13 (37.1)
—
Grooming/dressing, (%)
11 (31.4)
—
Toileting, (%)
9 (25.7)
—
Food intake, (%)
7 (20.0)
—
Note: PD: Parkinson’s disease; MS: mutuality scale; PDQ8: Parkinson’s disease questionnaire summary index; IQCODE: informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly; NMSQuest: non-motor symptoms questionnaire; UPDRS III: unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale-part III; ADL: activities of daily life; some of the study subjects were still working.
