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) value
Non-APDAPD

Domain
 Difficulty getting around40.7 (32.1)55.6 (31.4)<0.0001
 Difficulty dressing39.5 (32.4)52.8 (30.8)<0.0001
 Felt depressed28.9 (25.5)41.7 (27.8)<0.0001
 Problems with close personal relationships15.8 (22.9)26.3 (28.5)<0.0001
 Problems with concentration27.2 (26.7)39.8 (29.2)<0.0001
 Felt unable to communicate properly26.3 (27.0)37.1 (29.9)<0.0001
 Painful muscle cramps or spasm20.7 (25.3)32.3 (30.8)<0.0001
 Felt embarrassed in public17.0 (22.6)29.0 (28.9)<0.0001
Summary index26.9 (18.3)39.2 (20.5)<0.0001

APD: advanced Parkinson’s disease; PDQ-8: 8-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire; SD: standard deviation.