Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 4 Path coefficients for the model showing the effect of cognitive function on QOL

From: The path linking disease severity and cognitive function with quality of life in Parkinson’s disease: the mediating effect of activities of daily living and depression

Path			Path coefficient	p
MMSE	→	UPDRS II	− 0.763	< 0.001
UPDRS II	→	GDS	0.426	< 0.001
MMSE	→	GDS	− 0.317	0.004
GDS	→	MCS	− 1.328	< 0.001
MMSE	→	MCS	0.157	0.313
UPDRS II	→	MCS	0.134	0.234
GDS	→	PCS	− 0.340	0.010
MMSE	→	PCS	0.643	< 0.001
UPDRS II	→	PCS	− 0.715	< 0.001

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination, UPDRS II: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale, PCS: physical component summary, MCS: mental component summary

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