Occupational Therapy for Parkinsonian Patients: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Differences (values at discharge—values at admission) of the outcome measures.

Variable	All patients	H&Y < 3 T1-T0	H&Y ≥ 3 T1-T0	H&Y ≥ 3 vs H&Y < 3
D O’CT (s)	−69.5 (−76.0,−62.9)^‡	−69.0 (−76.7,−61.3)^‡	−70.1 (−81.3,−58.8)^‡	0.88
D MMDT placing test 1	−9.6 (−10.8,−8.3)^‡	−9.0 (−10.4,−7.6)^‡	−10.2 (−12.4,−8.0)^‡	0.34
D MMDT placing test 2	−8.4 (−9.8,−7.0)^‡	−8.6 (−10.2,−7.0)^‡	−8.3 (−10.7,−5.8)^‡	0.83
D MMDT placing test total score	−18.5 (−21.0,−16.0)^‡	−17.2 (−20.0,−14.4)^‡	−20.0 (−24.3,−15.6)^‡	0.28
D MMDT turning test 1	−3.9 (−4.4,−3.4)^‡	−3.7 (−4.2,−3.1)^‡	−4.2 (−5.2,−3.2)^‡	0.30
D MMDT turning test 2	−4.2 (−4.8,−3.6)^‡	−3.7 (−4.3,−3.1)^‡	−4.8 (−5.9,−3.7)^‡	0.08
D MMDT turning test 3	−3.0 (−3.5,−2.6)^‡	−2.9 (−3.3,−2.4)^‡	−3.3 (−4.0,−2.5)^‡	0.38
D MMDT turning test 4	−3.2 (−3.7,−2.7)^‡	−2.9 (−3.4,−2.3)^‡	−3.6 (−4.4,−2.8)^‡	0.17
D MMDT turning test total score	−14.1 (−15.7,−12.5)^‡	−12.8 (−14.5,−11.0)^‡	−15.7 (−18.6,−12.8)^‡	0.08
D UPDRS part II	−4.4 (−4.6,−4.2)^‡	−3.9 (−4.2,−3.7)^‡	−4.9 (−5.2,−4.6)^‡	<0.0001
D UPDRS part III	−6.0 (−6.3,−5.8)^‡	−5.8 (−6.1,−5.5)^‡	−6.2 (−6.6,−5.9)^‡	0.09
D SPDDS	−15.8 (−16.6,−15.1)^‡	−16.0 (−17.0,−15.1)^‡	−15.6 (−16.8,−14.5)^‡	0.62

O’CT (O’Connor finger dexterity test); MMDT (Minnesota manual dexterity test); UPDRS (unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale); SPDDS (self-assessment Parkinson’s disease disability scale); D (delta). Reported values are from the Mann-Whitney U test (between-group comparison, H&Y ≥ 3 vs H&Y < 3). , Wilcoxon signed-rank test testing H0: delta = 0 (within-subject). Data are reported as mean (95% CI). For all considered scores, a negative change (i.e., a reduction after MIRT) is associated with an improvement.