Research Article
Occupational Therapy for People with Early Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Program Evaluation
Table 1
Demographic and Parkinson’s disease-specific characteristics (n = 23).
| | | All (n = 71) | OT (n = 23) | PT and/or ST without OT (n = 48) | Statistical significance |
| | Gender (% male) | 44 (62%) | 15 (65.2%) | 29 (60.4%) | 0.6966 | | Age, year | 66 ± 9 | 68 ± 11 | 65 ± 8 | 0.1085 | | Race | | | | 0.3755 | | White | 26 (36.6%) | 12 (52.2%) | 14 (29.8%) | | Black | 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.1%) | | Asian | 3 (4.2%) | 1 (4.3%) | 2 (4.3%) | | Others | 12 (16.9%) | 2 (8.7%) | 10 (21.3%) | | Unknown (declined to answer) | 28 (39.4%) | 8 (34.8%) | 20 (42.6%) | | Ethnicity | | | | 0.0213 | | Hispanic | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | | Non-Hispanic | 44 (62%) | 19 (82.6%) | 25 (54.4%) | | Unknown (declined to answer) | 25 (35.2%) | 4 (17.4%) | 21 (45.7%) | | Insurance | | | | 0.1598 | | Medicare with secondary insurance | 27 (38%) | 11 (47.8%) | 16 (33.3%) | | Medicare only | 3 (4.2%) | 2 (8.7%) | 1 (2.1%) | | Private insurance only | 41 (57.7%) | 10 (43.5%) | 31 (64.6%) | | Employment status | | | | 0.1476 | | Full time | 16 (22.5%) | 7 (30.4%) | 9 (18.6%) | | Part time | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Retired for age | 23 (32.4%) | 8 (34.8%) | 15 (31.3%) | | Retired for disability | 2 (2.8%) | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (2.1%) | | Unemployed | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Missing | 28 (39.4%) | 5 (21.7%) | 23 (47.9%) | | Hoehn and Yahr stage | | | | 0.4565 | | 1 | 11 (15.5%) | 4 (23.5%) | 7 (33.3%) | | 2 | 26 (36.6%) | 12 (70.6%) | 14 (66.7%) | | 3 | 1 (1.4%) | 1 (5.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | | Missing | 39 (54.9%) | 6 (26.1%) | 33 (68.8%) | | Time since Parkinson’s disease medical diagnosis | | | | 0.2744 | | 1–12 months | 41 (57.7%) | 12 (52.2%) | 29 (60.4%) | | 12+ months–3 years | 14 (19.7%) | 4 (17.4%) | 10 (20.8%) | | 3+ years | 12 (16.9%) | 5 (21.7%) | 7 (14.6%) | | Missing | 4 (5.6%) | 2 (8.7%) | 2 (4.2%) |
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