Treatment Satisfaction and Its Influencing Factors in Parkinson’s Disease: A Web-Based Survey of Patients and Physicians in Clinical Practice in Japan

Table 2

Demographics of eligible respondents (physicians).

Characteristic	Total, N = 331
Sex, male, %	93.1
Age, %
<40 years	17.2
40–49 years	29.6
50–59 years	36.0
>60 years	17.2
Clinical experience, years, mean ± SD	19.4 ± 8.7
Number of patients with PD treated (in the last 6 months), mean ± SD	52.1 ± 65.9
Certified neurologist, %	34.1
Department, %
General internal medicine	37.5
Neurology	32.9
Neurosurgery	16.9
Psychiatry	12.7
Number of beds, %
0	15.7
1–199	29.0
200–399	22.4
>400	32.9

PD: Parkinson’s disease; SD: standard deviation.