Self-Management Education for Persons with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Care Partners: A Quasi-Experimental Case-Control Study in Clinical Practice

Table 3

Differences between care partners and persons with Parkinson’s disease before and after seven weeks of participation in the National Parkinson School (intervention group) and after seven weeks of ordinal care (control group).

		Intervention group (n = 30)	Control group (n = 25)	-value
Health valuation (EQ5D)	Baseline	0.93 (0.88–0.97)	0.93 (0.88–0.97)	0.508
	Follow-up	0.97 (0.88–0.97)	0.93 (0.88–0.97)	0.251
	-value	0.837	0.944
Life satisfaction (LiSat-11)
Life as a whole	Baseline	5 (4–5)	5 (4–6)	0.302
	Follow-up	5 (4–5)	5 (4–6)	0.802
	-value	0.414	0.035
Vocation	Baseline	5 (4–5)	5 (4–5.75)	0.388
	Follow-up	5 (4.25–5)	5 (4–5)	0.261
	-value	0.655	0.109
Economy	Baseline	5 (5–5)	5 (5–5.25)	0.515
	Follow-up	5 (4–5.25)	5 (4–5)	0.945
	-value	0.317	0.132
Leisure	Baseline	5 (4–5)	5 (4.75–5)	0.072
	Follow-up	5 (4–5)	5 (4–5)	0.964
	-value	0.248	0.206
Contacts	Baseline	5 (5–5)	5 (4–5.25)	0.666
	Follow-up	5 (4–5)	5 (4–6)	0.671
	-value	0.366	0.564
Sexual life	Baseline	4 (2–5)	4 (3.5–5)	0.509
	Follow-up	4 (3–5)	4 (2.25–5)	0.776
	-value	0.491	0.417
ADL	Baseline	6 (5–6)	6 (5–6)	0.586
	Follow-up	6 (5–6)	6 (5.25–6)	0.486
	-value	0.891	0.317
Family life	Baseline	5 (4–6)	5.5 (5–6)	0.227
	Follow-up	6 (5–6)	6 (5–6)	0.801
	-value	0.290	0.655
Partner relationship	Baseline	6 (5–6)	6 (5–6)	0.773
	Follow-up	6 (5–6)	6 (5–6)	0.792
	-value	0.763	0.705
Somatic health	Baseline	5 (4–5)	5 (4–5)	0.805
	Follow-up	5 (5–5)	5 (4–5)	0.659
	-value	0.739	0.655
Psychological health	Baseline	5 (5–6)	5 (4.75–6)	0.371
	Follow-up	5 (5–6)	5 (4.5–6)	0.851
	-value	0.279	0.180
Fatigue (PFS-16)	Baseline	9 (0–17.75)	5 (1–19)	0.661
	Follow-up	6 (0–20)	11.5 (1.25–25)	0.296
	-value	0.678	0.138
Caregiver burden (ZBI-22)	Baseline	7 (3–13)	6 (0.75–12.5)	0.495
	Follow-up	8 (3.25–12.75)	5 (2–13.25)	0.659
	-value	0.090	0.548

Data are median (q1-q3). Mann–Whitney U test for comparisons between intervention and control groups. Wilcoxon’s signed rank test for comparisons between baseline and follow-up within intervention and control groups. Possible scores, 0-1 (1 = better valued health state). Possible scores, 1–6 (6 = higher life satisfaction). Possible scores, 0–64 (64 = more fatigue). Possible scores, 0–48 (48 = more burden). EQ5D: the 5-dimensional EuroQol questionnaire; LiSat-11: the 11-item Life Satisfaction Checklist; PFS-16: the 16-item Parkinson Fatigue Scale; zbi-22: the 22-item Zarit Burden Interview.