Research Article
Item Selection for a New Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Parkinson’s Disease: The Preference-Based Parkinson’s Disease Index (PB-PDI)
Table 3
Items ranked from highest to lowest mean impact score for the whole sample, as well as by sex and years since PD diagnosis.
| >5 years (n = 32) | ≤5 years (n = 21) | Item | Mean impact score | Item | Mean impact score |
| Sleep | 3.6 | Sleep | 3.3 | Fatigue | 3.3 | Tremor | 3.1 | Tremor | 3.2 | Fatigue | 3.1 | Walking | 2.7 | Mood | 2.5 | Mood | 2.6 | Memory | 2.2 | Memory | 2.5 | Dexterity | 2.2 | Concentration | 2.5 | Walking | 2.1 | Dexterity | 2.3 | Urine control | 1.8 | Urine control | 2.3 | Speech | 1.4 | Freezing | 1.8 | Swallowing | 1.3 | Speech | 1.4 | Concentration | 1.1 | Swallowing | 0.6 | Freezing | 1.1 |
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