Research Article

Evaluation of Motor Complications in Parkinson’s Disease: Understanding the Perception Gap between Patients and Physicians

Table 4

Differences in the perception of WO, morning akinesia, and dyskinesia between patient self-awareness and physician assessment.

Patient self-awarenessMcNemar’s test
YesNo

WO
Physician assessmentYes71 (30.2)37 (15.7)
No12 (5.1)115 (48.9)

Morning akinesia
Physician assessmentYes96 (40.9)19 (8.1)
No42 (17.9)78 (33.2)

Dyskinesia
Physician assessmentYes41 (17.4)14 (6.0)
No39 (16.6)141 (60.0)

WO: wearing-off. All data are presented as n (%).