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Table 3 External responsiveness of HRQoL 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

Changed HRQoL scores

AUCa (95% CI)

Correlation Coefficientb

Regression Model

 

Improved vs. stable

Worsening vs. stable

Improved vs. worsening

MDS-UPDRS Part II

GDS

MDS-UPDRS Part II

GDS

      

β

R2

β

R2

SF-36

0.656 (0.48 − 0.83)

0.543 (0.39 − 0.70)

0.695 (0.54 − 0.85)

−0.40**

−0.53**

−0.15

0.21***

−0.18

0.23***

PDQ-39

0.680 (0.51 − 0.85)

0.625 (0.48 − 0.77)

0.754 (0.61 − 0.90)

0.45**

0.29*

0.25

0.26***

0.17

0.09*

  1. SF-36 36-item Short Form Health Survey, PDQ-39 39-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society Revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval
  2. aExternal criterion is the MDS-UPDRS Part III; bUsed Spearman’s rank-correlation coefficients
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001