Parkinson’s Disease / 2021 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Off Time Independently Affects Quality of Life in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease (APD) Patients but Not in Non-APD Patients: Results from the Self-Reported Japanese Quality-of-Life Survey of Parkinson’s Disease (JAQPAD) Study Table 2 Summary of PDQ-8 domain scores.
Patients, mean (SD) valueNon-APD APD Domain Difficulty getting around 40.7 (32.1) 55.6 (31.4) <0.0001 Difficulty dressing 39.5 (32.4) 52.8 (30.8) <0.0001 Felt depressed 28.9 (25.5) 41.7 (27.8) <0.0001 Problems with close personal relationships 15.8 (22.9) 26.3 (28.5) <0.0001 Problems with concentration 27.2 (26.7) 39.8 (29.2) <0.0001 Felt unable to communicate properly 26.3 (27.0) 37.1 (29.9) <0.0001 Painful muscle cramps or spasm 20.7 (25.3) 32.3 (30.8) <0.0001 Felt embarrassed in public 17.0 (22.6) 29.0 (28.9) <0.0001 Summary index 26.9 (18.3) 39.2 (20.5) <0.0001
APD: advanced Parkinson’s disease; PDQ-8: 8-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire; SD: standard deviation.