Advance Directives of German People with Parkinson’s Disease Are Unspecific in regard to Typical Complications

Table 1

Demographic data on study sample (N = 82).

Item	Answer option	N = 82
Demographic data
Sex	Female	34 (41.5%)
	Male	47 (57.3%)
	Missing data	1 (1.2%)
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	71.2 ± 9.9
	Range	47–87
	Missing data	3 (3.7%)
Marital status	Married	68 (82.9%)
	Widowed	8 (9.8%)
	Divorced/living apart	4 (4.9%)
	Single	1 (1.2%)
	Missing data	1 (1.2%)
Educational level	High	39 (47.6%)
	Middle	24 (29.3%)
	Low	18 (21.9%)
	Missing data	1 (1.2%)

SD, standard deviation; PD, Parkinson’s disease; H&Y, Hoehn and Yahr stage.