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Table 3 PDQ-39 associations with demographic and clinical features

From: Health-related quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional study focusing on non-motor symptoms

Variable

PDQ-39 SIa

p value

Gender

 

0.066

Male

29.8 (15.5)

 

Female

32.7 (15.1)

 

Living area

 

0.192

Urban

32.5 (15.3)

 

Rural

29.6 (15.1)

 

Marital status

 

0.770

Single

32.7 (17.4)

 

Married

30.8 (15.3)

 

Divorced

34.2 (13.1)

 

Widowed

31.7 (15.4)

 

Living status

 

0.638

With a spouse

30.6 (15.4)

 

With children

31.5 (17.1)

 

Alone

33.5 (13.5)

 

Nursery home

32.7 (15.3)

 

Education

 

0.339

Primary

33.6 (13.6)

 

Secondary

30.4 (15.1)

 

Higher

30.1 (17.6)

 

Clinical subtypes

 

0.0017; 1vs 3

Tremor

28.6 (14.9)

 

Hypokinetic-rigid

30.5 (14.4)

 

Postural instability and gait disturbance

37.3 (15.3)

 

Disease duration

 

0.00010; 1 vs 3

≤5 yr

26.5 (13.0)

 

6-10 yr

32.1 (16.1)

 

>10 yr

38.8 (14.8)

 

HY

 

<0.0001

≤2.5

24.2 (13.9)

 

≥3

35.7 (14.6)

 

SE-ADL

 

<0.0001

≥80

25.0 (14.4)

 

≤75

37.0 (14.0)

 

MMSE

 

0.0037

≥25

29.9 (14.9)

 

≤24

35.9 (14.6)

 

BDI

 

<0.0001

<14

23.0 (11.9)

 

≥14

39.2 (14.1)

 
  1. a Mean (standard deviation)
  2. Abbrevations: HY, Hoehn and Yahr stage; SE-ADL, Schwab and England Activities of Daily Living Scale; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory