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 3

Summary of NMSQ scores.

Patients, mean (SD) value
Non-APDAPD

Item
 Digestive disorder2.6 (1.6)3.4 (1.7)<0.0001
 Urinary disorder1.5 (0.7)1.6 (0.6)<0.0001
 Memory disorder1.8 (1.0)2.1 (1.0)<0.0001
 Autonomic dysfunction0.9 (0.7)1.1 (0.7)<0.0001
 Sleep disorder2.3 (1.4)2.9 (1.4)<0.0001
 Perceptual disorder0.6 (0.8)0.9 (0.9)<0.0001
 Mood disorder0.7 (0.9)1.1 (0.9)<0.0001
 Sexual dysfunction0.4 (0.7)0.5 (0.8)0.0114
 Miscellaneous2.2 (1.4)2.8 (1.3)<0.0001
Total score12.8 (5.6)16.2 (5.6)<0.0001

APD: advanced Parkinson’s disease; NMSQ: Nonmotor Symptoms Questionnaire; SD: standard deviation.