Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 1 Demographic characteristics in PD patients (N = 74)

From: Responsiveness of the short-form health survey and the Parkinson’s disease questionnaire in patients with Parkinson’s disease

Variables	Baseline Mean ± SD (n [%])	Follow-up Mean ± SD (n [%])
Gender
Male	50 (67.6%)
Female	24 (32.4%)
Age (years)	64.82 ± 9.81
Age at Onset	58.97 ± 10.25
Disease Duration (years)	5.85 ± 4.33
Hoehn & Yahr Stage^a
I	37 (50.0%)	27 (36.5%)
II	24 (32.4%)	29 (39.1%)
III	9 (12.2%)	14 (19.0%)
IV	4 (5.4%)	4 (5.4%)
SLUMS	24.62 ± 3.43	24.16 ± 3.27
GDS	7.23 ± 6.70	8.23 ± 6.39
MDS-UPDRS Part II	8.23 ± 5.14	9.31 ± 6.40
MDS-UPDRS Part III^a	22.22 ± 12.70	27.15 ± 13.09
SF-36 total scores	64.22 ± 20.63	61.15 ± 18.79
PDQ-39 SI	15.60 ± 11.72	18.07 ± 13.09

SLUMS Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society Revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, SF-36 36-item Short Form Health Survey, PDQ-39 39-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire Single Index, SI summary index, SD standard deviation
^aSignificant differences between baseline and follow-up using Wilcoxon test

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