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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Rehabil. 2021 Jul 3;44(19):5585–5591. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1940320

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for demographics and average daily sleep and physical activity variables for participants with Parkinson Disease and Healthy Older Adults.

Clinical characteristics PD (n = 25) Mean (SD) HOA (n = 27) Mean (SD)
Difference HOA-PD (95% CI) p-Value
MDS-UPDRS Total Score 28 (16) NA
MDS-UPDRS Motor Examination Section Score 12 (9) NA
MoCA score 29.1 (1.8) 29.2 (0.9) 0.1 (−0.7,1.0) 0.4*
Demographics
 Age (years) 69 (6) 67 (5) −2 (−5.0, 1.2) 0.21
 Comorbidities (#) 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (−1.0, 0.4) 0.45*
Adherence
 Participants adherent to monitoring 25/30 (83%) 27/30 (90%) 0.45
 Time monitor removed (%) 5 (3) 6 (4) 1 (−1.8,1.6) 0.88*
Sleep
Nighttime Sleep
  Total Nighttime Sleep (min) 347 (108) 422 (41) 75 (27, 129) < 0.01 *
  Number of Wakenings (#) 1.9 (1.3) 2.2 (1.32) 0.3 (−0.5, 0.9) 0.50*
  Wake Time after Sleep Onset (min) 5.2 (3.4) 6.0 (4.0) 0.8 (−1.4, 2.4) 0.56*
Daytime Sleep
  Total Daytime Sleep (min) 112 (129) 71 (135) −41 (−114, 33) 0.12*
  Number of Naps (#) 1.3 (1.6) 0.6 (1.2) −0.7 (−1.5, 0.1) 0.07*
Physical Activity
Daily Quantity
  Number of steps (#) 5953 (2365) 11 745 (3891) 5792 (3886, 7678) 0.001 *
Daily Intensity
  Sedentary < 1 MET (min) 846 (122) 642 (88) −204 (−262, −137) 0.001 *
  Light Intensity 1–3 METs (min) 172 (60) 266 (62) 94 (58, 127) 0.001 *
  Moderate Intensity 3–6 METs (min) 15 (11) 31 (17) 16 (7, 24) 0.001 *
  High Intensity ≥ 6 METS (min) 19 (14) 41 (26) 22 (7, 34) 0.01 *
*

Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Tests

Un-paired T-tests

Pearson’s Chi-Squared Test.

Italicized p-values indicate a significant difference between groups at α = 0.01.

PD: Parkinson Disease; HOA: Healthy Older Adults; MDS-UPDRS: Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; MET: metabolic equivalent.