Evaluation of Motor Complications in Parkinson’s Disease: Understanding the Perception Gap between Patients and Physicians
Table 1
Patient demographics and baseline clinical characteristics from patient questionnaires.
Characteristics
N = 235
Age, mean (SD), years
74.0 (9.4)
<65, n (%)
31 (13.2)
≥65, n (%)
204 (86.8)
Age at PD diagnosis, mean (SD), years
65.3 (10.8)
Duration of PD, mean (SD), years
8.5 (6.2)
Female, n (%)
122 (51.9)
H&Y stage, n (%)
1
27 (11.5)
2
30 (12.8)
3
60 (25.5)
4
63 (26.8)
5
22 (9.4)
Current employment status, n (%)
Full-time
19 (8.1)
Part-time
10 (4.3)
Housekeeping
54 (23.0)
Not working
152 (64.7)
Consultation time, mean (SD), minutes
15.8 (10.8)
H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr; PD: Parkinson’s disease; SD: standard deviation. Unknown/missing data are not listed. When the age was the same as the age at diagnosis, the age at diagnosis was regarded as missing data.