Patients’ Perspective of Comprehensive Parkinson Care in Rural Victoria

Table 4

Parkinson’s disease-related outcome measures.

Variables	East Gippsland group, n = 39 (mean (SD))	Rural group, n = 68 (mean (SD))	value
PDQ39
SI	23.1 (15.0)	31.7 (15.2)	0.01
Mobility	27.2 (26.6)	43.8 (28.4)	0.006
ADL	21.3 (22.2)	32.8 (23.0)	0.01
Emotion	24.8 (19.0)	30.1 (19.5)	0.18
Stigma	20.7 (22.0)	22.7 (20.5)	0.65
Social	9.6 (12.7)	18.8 (21.2)	0.007^a
Cognition	29.6 (17.0)	35.9 (20.5)	0.12
Communication	22.4 (19.3)	34.5 (23.7)	0.009
Discomfort	32.2 (21.3)	46.0 (22.8)	0.003
MDS-UPDRS Part II M-EDL	11.5 (7.6)	17.0 (8.6)	0.002
NMSQuest	11.2 (5.4)	12.9 (5.5)	0.15

PDQ39 SI = Parkinson’s disease Questionnaire 39 summary index, higher scores indicate poorer quality of life; ADL = activities of daily living; MDS-UPDRS = Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, higher scores indicate poorer experiences of daily living; M-EDL = motor aspects of experiences of daily living; NMSQuest = nonmotor symptom questionnaire, higher scores indicate greater number of nonmotor symptoms; a = equal variances not assumed.