Rehabilitation Therapy Utilization in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease in Korea

Table 3

Rehabilitation therapy use according to patients’ characteristics in the period of 2013–2015.

Characteristics	All types		PT		OT		ST
	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Sex
Male	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Female	1.668	1.274–2.182	1.755	1.338–2.301	1.214	0.868–1.698	0.894	0.493–1.619
Age (y)
0–59	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
60–69	2.806	1.550–5.077	3.139	1.703–5.785	2.483	1.144–5.391	4.13	0.872–19.550
70–79	4.053	2.310–7.113	4.576	2.557–8.187	3.413	1.635–7.122	3.566	0.782–16.260
80+	3.773	2.068–6.884	4.041	2.172–7.516	3.246	1.475–7.142	2.99	0.585–15.293
Income
Low	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Middle	1.095	0.767–1.565	1.125	0.786–1.610	0.965	0.614–1.516	1.033	0.411–2.598
High	1.442	1.018–2.045	1.412	0.994–2.006	1.219	0.791–1.879	2.066	0.902–4.736
Region of residence
Seoul/Incheon	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Gyeonggi/Gangwon	0.825	0.571–1.192	0.852	0.590–1.237	1.106	0.696–1.757	0.887	0.411–1.913
Busan/Daegu/Ulsan/Gyeongsang	0.921	0.639–1.327	0.954	0.661–1.377	1.27	0.807–1.999	0.465	0.189–1.145
Daejeon/Sejong/Chungcheong	0.879	0.535–1.445	0.904	0.548–1.489	1.034	0.546–1.957	1.117	0.404–3.090
Gwangju/Jeolla/Jeju	0.806	0.525–1.239	0.871	0.566–1.340	0.952	0.546–1.661	0.814	0.315–2.106
Comorbidities
No	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Yes	1.457	0.976–2.175	1.397	0.935–2.087	1.546	0.977–2.446	1.758	0.821–3.767
Disability grade
None	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
Mild to moderate (3–6)	2	1.486–2.690	2.079	1.544–2.800	2.56	1.802–3.635	2.453	1.295–4.646
Severe (1-2)	2.939	1.815–4.758	2.738	1.692–4.430	1.8	1.000–3.239	3.078	1.214–7.802
Levodopa-equivalent dose
<200	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.		Ref.
≥200, <400	1.016	0.703–1.470	1.076	0.741–0.903	0.951	0.581–1.557	2.284	0.638–8.176
≥400, <600	1.338	0.882–2.030	1.376	0.903–2.096	1.234	0.715–2.129	3.103	0.828–11.625
≥600, <800	1.647	0.994–2.730	1.768	1.064–2.940	1.344	0.706–2.560	2.964	0.695–12.642
≥800	4.05	2.484–6.601	3.952	2.423–6.446	3.792	2.174–6.616	9.438	2.601–34.253

PT, physical therapy; OT, occupational therapy; ST, swallowing therapy.