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