Table 1.
Main demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample (N=74).
| Variables | Values |
|---|---|
| Age (years) a | 66.9 ± 9.7 |
| Gender b | |
| (i) Male | 44 (59.5%) |
| (ii) Female | 30 (40.5%) |
| Depression b | |
| (i) Presence | 23 (31.1%) |
| (ii) Absence | 51 (68.9%) |
| Medications prescribed to depressed subjects (N=23) b | |
| (i) Antidepressant | 11 (47.8%) |
| (ii) Anxiolytic | 10 (43.5%) |
| (iii) No medications | 2 (8.7%) |
| Educational level b | |
| (i) Primary | 9 (12.2%) |
| (ii) Secondary | 17 (23%) |
| (iii) High school | 33 (44.6%) |
| (iv) Degree | 13 (17.6%) |
| (v) Not reported | 3 (4.1%) |
| Employment b | |
| (i) Employed | 13 (17.6%) |
| (ii) Not employed | 4 (5.4%) |
| (iii) Retired | 57 (77%) |
| Marital status b | |
| (i) Married | 56 (75.6%) |
| (ii) Unmarried | 17 (23%) |
| (iii) Not reported | 1 (1.4%) |
| Time since PD diagnosis (years)a | 7.8 ± 5.6 |
| Hoehn and Yahr stagec | 3 (2; 3) |
| Setting b | |
| (i) Department | 20 (27%) |
| (ii) Ambulatory | 53 (71.6%) |
| (iii) Day-hospital | 1 (1.4%) |
| MMSE scorec | 29 (27.25; 30) |
| HADS-A scorec | 7 (4; 10) |
| HADS-D scorec | 7 (4; 10) |
| HADS total scorec | 15 (10; 20) |
| GDS total scorec | 13 (6; 19) |
| PDQ-39 subscale score c | |
| (i) Mobility | 17.5 (7.5; 25.75) |
| (ii) Activities of daily living | 10 (4; 15.75) |
| (iii) Emotional well-being | 9 (5; 14) |
| (iv) Stigma | 4 (2; 8) |
| (v) Social support | 1 (0; 3.75) |
| (vi) Cognition | 5 (2; 8) |
| (vii) Communication | 3 (1.25; 6) |
| (viii) Bodily discomfort | 4 (2; 7) |
| PDQ-39 total score c | 59 (31.25; 76) |
| SF-36c | 95 (86.25; 102) |
| Barthel Indexc | 85 (75; 95) |
Data are expressed as amean ± standard deviation, bfrequency with percentage, or cmedian with 25th and 75th percentiles. MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; HADS-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale of Anxiety; HADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale of Depression; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; PDQ-39: Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire; SF-36: Short Form 36-Health Survey Questionnaire.