Table 3. Pearson correlation between the scores of different motor, psychiatric, fatigue and quality of life (PDQ-39) scales and nutritional status (MNA) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients.
Scale | Domains | Correlation Index | MNA (Total) |
PDQ39 | Mobility | Spearman R | −.590** |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Activities of daily living (ADL) | Spearman R | −.450** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Emotional well-being | Spearman R | −.461** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Stigma | Spearman R | −.027 | |
P-value | .744 | ||
Social support | Spearman R | −.246** | |
P-value | .005 | ||
Cognitive impairment (Cognition) | Spearman R | −.320** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Communication | Spearman R | −.414** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Bodily discomfort | Spearman R | −.451** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Disease Severity | UPDRS Part I-mental | Spearman R | −.503** |
P-value | <.001 | ||
UPDRS Part II-ADL | Spearman R | −.518** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
UPDRS Part III-motor | Spearman R | −.473** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
UPDRS Part IV-complications | Spearman R | −.336** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
UPDRS Total | Spearman R | −.613** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Hoehn & Yahr stage | Spearman R | −.414** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Schwab & England stage | Spearman R | .492** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
HADS | Anxiety | Spearman R | −.369** |
P-value | <.001 | ||
Depression | Spearman R | −.577** | |
P-value | <.001 | ||
FSS | Fatigue | Spearman R | −.413** |
P-value | <.001 |
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).