Table 3.
Patient versus physician perceptions of aspects of PD
| Mean rating comparison | Independent t-test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | All physicians | Mean difference | Confidence interval | P-value | ||||
| Validc n | Mean | Validc n | Mean | Lower | Upper | |||
| Important factors in determining PD medicinea | ||||||||
| Efficacy profile (physicians) vs controlling your symptoms well (patients) |
63 | 6.16 | 70 | 6.21 | −0.056 | −0.421 | 0.310 | 0.764 |
| Safety or tolerability profile (physicians) vs few or no side effects (patients) |
62 | 6.05 | 70 | 6.03 | 0.020 | −0.387 | 0.427 | 0.923 |
| Form of delivery (physicians) vs easy to take (patients) |
63 | 5.73 | 70 | 5.16 | 0.573 | 0.104 | 1.042 | 0.0169 |
| Cost to patient (physicians) vs affordable medicine (patients) |
63 | 5.84 | 70 | 5.53 | 0.313 | −0.134 | 0.760 | 0.169 |
| Patient knowledge of PDb | ||||||||
| Knowledge of PD in general | 66 | 4.76 | 70 | 5.17 | −0.414 | −0.839 | 0.011 | 0.056 |
| Medication options for PD | 64 | 4.69 | 70 | 5.07 | −0.384 | −0.859 | 0.091 | 0.112 |
| Side effects of PD medication | 66 | 4.64 | 70 | 5.21 | −0.578 | −1.055 | −0.101 | 0.018 |
| Availability of patient support resources | 65 | 4.12 | 70 | 4.93 | −0.805 | −1.359 | −0.251 | 0.005 |
| Methods for coping with PD (physicians) vs practical ways for coping with PD (patients) | 64 | 4.75 | 70 | 4.73 | 0.021 | −0.430 | 0.473 | 0.925 |
Notes: a1= no importance (physicians)/not at all important (patients); 7= extremely high importance (physicians)/very important (patients). b1= not at all informed/I know very little; 7= extremely well informed/I know a lot. cFor physicians, this only includes those who completed PRFs; for patients, this only includes those with matching PRFs.
Abbreviation: PD, Parkinson’s disease.