Table 3.
Participant characteristics.
| Table of Participant Characteristics | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Age | Hoen and Yahr Stage | Type of Care Home | Length of Stay at Care Home | Months since Diagnosis | |||||
| M | F | III | V | IV | NH | R | ||||
| Lex et al., (2018) [30] | 4 | 5 | 59–84 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1–7 | 6–20 |
| Oates et al., (2019) [32] | 4 | 6 | 72–93 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1–6 | 4–26 |
| Armitage et al., (2009) [33] | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Fidder et al., (2022) [31] | 3 | 6 | 63–85 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | NA | 1–24 |
| Van Rumund et al., (2014) [34] | 10 | 20 | 60–86 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 1 month–10 years | 3–26 |
NH = Nursing Home, R = Residential Home, NA = Not Reported. The Hoen and Yahr scale is widely used to describe symptom burden in people with PD. Stage III indicates considerable slowing of body movements with physical dependence, stage IV represents severe disability, but able to walk or stand unaided, and stage V represents wheelchair or bed-bound individuals.