Patients’ Perspective of Comprehensive Parkinson Care in Rural Victoria

Table 2

Subscale experience scores (SES) for 6 domains mean (SD).

Experience subscales	East Gippsland group (n = 39)	Rural group (n = 68)	value (95% CI)
OPS	1.9 (0.5)	1.8 (0.6)	0.17^a
			−0.06, 0.36
Involvement in decision-making	1.9 (0.7)	1.8 (0.7)	0.35
			−0.16, 0.44
Provision of tailored information	1.3 (0.6)	1.4 (0.5)	0.28
			−0.33, 0.10
Accessibility of healthcare	2.2 (0.6)	2.3 (0.5)	0.45
			−0.40, 0.18
Empathy and PD expertise	2.6 (0.4)	2.4 (0.6)	0.02^a
			0.04, 0.43
Continuity and collaboration of professionals	2.1 (0.8)	1.6 (0.9)	0.01
			0.11, 0.82
Emotional support	1.8 (0.9)	1.5 (1.0)	0.12
			−0.09, 0.77

OPS = overall patient-centeredness score (range 0–3) and SES = subscale experience scores (range 0–3), higher scores indicate more positive experience. CI = confidence intervals; a = equal variances not assumed.