Validation of Parkinson’s Disease-Related Questionnaires in South Africa

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.

Characteristic	Content validity step participants, N = 160		Construct validity step participants, N = 416
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	60	38.5	171	41.1
Female	96	61.5	245	58.9
Education
None	2	1.4	59	14.8
Primary school	15	10.4	98	24.6
Secondary school	96	66.7	229	57.4
Tertiary	31	21.5	13	3.3
Home language
English	40	26.0	1	0.3
Afrikaans	37	24.0	4	1.1
Sotho	46	29.9	234	62.6
isiXhosa	9	5.8	55	14.7
Setswana	4	2.6	14	3.7
isiZulu	18	11.7	66	17.7
Ever smoked
Yes	44	28.9	147	35.3
No	108	71.1	269	64.7
Ever consumed alcohol regularly
Yes	53	34.2	226	54.3
No	102	65.8	190	45.7