Research Article
Attitude of Asian Parkinson Patients towards Clinical Research and Tissue Donation
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of survey participants (n = 105).
| Variable | Mean ± SD or n (%) |
| Age (y) | 67.5 ± 8.5 | Male | 58 (55) | Ethnic groups | Chinese | 88 (84) | Non-Chinese (Malay, Indian, and others) | 17 (16) | Religious affiliation | Christian | 42 (40) | Buddhist | 32 (30) | Muslim | 8 (8) | Hindu | 5 (5) | Taoist | 4 (4) | No affiliation | 14 (13) | Marital status | Married/living with a partner | 82 (78) | Widowed/divorced | 11 (11) | Never married | 12 (11) | Housing type | Landed property | 15 (14) | Condominium | 12 (11) | 5-room flat | 22 (21) | 4-room flat | 35 (33) | 3-room flat | 18 (17) | 1/2-room flat | 2 (2) | Education (y) | 10.0 ± 4.0 | Parkinson’s disease duration (y) | 9.5 ± 5.3 | Hoehn and Yahr stage | 2.4 ± 0.8 | Charlson comorbidity index | 2.6 ± 1.2 |
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