Table 6.
Chinese (mainland) version of the PDQ-39 in all stages of the disease by the categories of Hoehn and Yahr scale
| PDQ-39 dimension | H & Y scalea |
Pb | |||
| Stage I (n=17) | Stage II (n=38) | Stage III (n=8) | Stages IV & V (n=8) | ||
| Mobility | 15.74 (15.48) | 32.11 (23.86) | 38.44 (29.34) | 75.00 (26.76) | 0.000 |
| Activities of daily living | 17.40 (17.88) | 24.78 (19.59) | 16.67 (28.08) | 80.21 (18.87) | 0.000 |
| Emotional well-being | 19.36 (13.81) | 34.43 (23.62) | 35.42 (21.71) | 40.10 (24.59) | 0.048 |
| Stigma | 19.12 (26.65) | 24.84 (23.94) | 25.00 (24.55) | 34.38 (46.05) | 0.764 |
| Social support | 6.37 (13.98) | 23.03 (21.17) | 21.88 (24.37) | 28.13 (33.91) | 0.026 |
| Cognitions | 29.41 (17.51) | 33.72 (18.01) | 46.88 (28.93) | 46.88 (32.73) | 0.408 |
| Communication | 10.78 (14.06) | 30.92 (26.77) | 40.63 (29.69) | 43.75 (30.78) | 0.013 |
| Bodily discomfort | 28.43 (16.94) | 34.43 (25.50) | 31.25 (21.71) | 56.25 (23.46) | 0.064 |
a
Data are expressed as means (SD), n=71
b
Using Kruskal Wallis test