Research Article

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

Table 5

Differences in the assessment of WO between patient self-awareness and physician assessment based on patient’s WOQ-9.

Patient WOQ-9McNemar’s test
YesNo

Patient self-awarenessYes71 (30.2)12 (5.1)
No87 (37.0)65 (27.7)

Physician assessmentYes87 (37.0)21 (8.9)
No71 (30.2)56 (23.8)

WO: wearing-off; WOQ-9: 9-item Wearing-Off Questionnaire. All data are presented as n (%). Patients with WOQ-9 scores ≥2 were regarded as having WO.