Research Article
Satisfaction with Care in Late Stage Parkinson’s Disease
Table 6
Informal caregivers’ satisfaction with support, when the patient lives at home (n = 49).
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Satisfaction with support (study-specific question), satisfied = patients reporting alternative 1 or 2 on the question satisfaction with care (score range 1–5, higher = worse; 1 = very satisfied, 2 = satisfied, 3 = neutral, 4 = unsatisfied, 5 = very unsatisfied), not satisfied = patients reporting alternative 3, 4, or 5 on the question satisfaction with care. q1–q3, first and third quartiles; HY, Hoehn and Yahr Staging Scale (score range I–V, higher = worse); UPDRS, Unified PD Rating Scale, part III = motor examination (score range 0–108, higher = worse); NMSS, Nonmotor Symptoms Scale (0–360, higher = worse); MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination (score range 0–30, higher = better); GDS-30, Geriatric Depression Scale (score range 0–30, higher = worse), depression = scores ≥ 10. Bold values statistically significant at . |