Research Article
Evaluation of Motor Complications in Parkinson’s Disease: Understanding the Perception Gap between Patients and Physicians
| Characteristic | N = 92 |
| Age, years, n (%) | | ≥30 to <40 | 10 (10.9) | ≥40 to <50 | 29 (31.5) | ≥50 to <60 | 38 (41.3) | ≥60 | 15 (16.3) | Male, n (%) | 87 (94.6) | No. of patients with PD examined/month, mean (SD) | 40.5 (48.3) | Type of hospital or clinic, n (%) | | University hospital | 6 (6.5) | Public hospital | 13 (14.1) | Other hospital | 40 (43.5) | Clinic | 32 (34.8) | Other | 1 (1.1) | Clinical department, n (%) | | General internal medicine | 17 (18.5) | Neurology | 52 (56.5) | Neurosurgery | 14 (15.2) | Psychiatry | 9 (9.8) | Affiliated academic society, n (%) | | Movement Disorder Society of Japan | 12 (13.0) | Japanese Society of Neurology | 60 (65.2) | The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine | 14 (15.2) | The Japanese Society of Neuropathology | 4 (4.3) | None of the above | 27 (29.3) |
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PD: Parkinson's disease; SD: standard deviation.
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