First validation study of the living with long term conditions scale (LwLTCs) among English-speaking population living with Parkinson’s disease

Table 4 Known-groups validity

Variable	Categories	LwLTCs-PD scale	p value
Gender	Male	68.50 ± 14.39	0.43*
Gender	Female	66.60 ± 14.63	0.43*
Employment	Employed	69.77 ± 12.23	0.50**
	Unemployed	64.10 ± 19.99
	Retired/disabled	67.63 ± 14.57
Co-morbidity	None	69.96 ± 14.49	0.03**
Co-morbidity	Arthritis	65.79 ± 14.32	0.03**
Lifestyle changes	Yes	67.09 ± 13.40	0.44*
Lifestyle changes	No	68.19 ± 15.63	0.44*
Therapy	Yes	64.95 ± 15.18	0.03*
Therapy	No	69.32 ± 13.79	0.03*

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