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. 2015 Aug 21;262(11):2528–2538. doi: 10.1007/s00415-015-7877-2

Table 2.

Patient characteristics

Net response N 955
Respondents per center Median (range) 50 (37–58)
Age (years) Median (range) 69.0 (32–93)
Gender n (%) women 377 (38.8)
Level of education n (%) college or university degree 501 (52.5)
n (%) technical or community college 75 (7.9)
n (%) college no degree 157 (16.5)
n (%) high school 170 (17.8)
n (%) less than high school 51 (5.3)
Diagnosis Parkinson’s disease 928 (97.2)
Parkinsonism (MSA and PSP) 27 (2.8)
Disease duration (years) Median (range) 7.0 (1–40)
Self-reported Hoehn and Yahr disease stage n (%) HY1 306 (32.5)
n (%) HY2 190 (20.2)
n (%) HY3 374 (39.7)
n (%) HY4 49 (5.2)
n (%) HY5 22 (2.3)
Self-reported physical health status n (%) excellent 70 (7.4)
n (%) very good 301 (31.6)
n (%) good 387 (40.7)
n (%) fair 165 (17.3)
n (%) poor 29 (3.0)
Self-reported mental health status n (%) excellent 155 (16.3)
n (%) very good 363 (38.1)
n (%) good 298 (31.3)
n (%) fair 116 (12.2)
n (%) poor 20 (2.1)
Race n (%) Caucasian 671 (93.6)
n (%) African American 17 (2.4)
n (%) Asian 14 (2.0)
n (%) American Indian or Alaska native 2 (0.3)
n (%) other 13 (1.8)
Overall quality of care n (%) excellent 603 (62.6)
n (%) very good 265 (27.5)
n (%) good 77 (8.0)
n (%) fair 15 (1.6)
n (%) poor 3 (0.3)