Table 1.
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics
| All Patients | Completed Initial Surveys | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | P-value | ||
| Variable | (n = 33) | (n = 22) | (n = 11) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 61.1 (10.5) | 64.3 (6.9) | 54.6 (13.6) | 0.02 |
| Male gender, n (%) | 21 (64%) | 16 (73%) | 5 (45%) | 0.15 |
| Education (years), mean (SD) | 17.0 (3.0) | 17.7 (3.1) | 15.5 (2.3) | 0.04 |
| Marital status, n (%) | 1.00 | |||
| Single - never married | 3 (9%) | 2 (9%) | 1 (9%) | |
| Married | 26 (79%) | 17 (77%) | 9 (82%) | |
| Divorced | 4 (12%) | 3 (14%) | 1 (9%) | |
| Employment status, n (%) | 0.50 | |||
| Working full-time | 6 (18%) | 3 (14%) | 3 (27%) | |
| Working part-time | 1 (3%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | |
| On disability | 9 (27%) | 5 (23%) | 4 (36%) | |
| Retired | 16 (48%) | 13 (59%) | 3 (27%) | |
| Unemployed | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (9%) | |
| Distance from clinic (miles), mean (SD) | 79.9 (81.3) | 81.9 (88.7) | 75.9 (67.6) | 0.98 |
| Living in rural areas | 13 (39%) | 9 (41%) | 4 (36%) | 1.00 |
| Neurological disease, n (%) | 0.19 | |||
| Parkinson’s disease | 26 (79%) | 19 (86%) | 7 (64%) | |
| Othera | 7 (21%) | 3 (14%) | 4 (36%) | |
| Surgical status, n (%) | 0.31 | |||
| Deep brain stimulation surgery | 20 (61%) | 15 (68%) | 5 (45%) | |
| Thalamotomy | 1 (3%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | |
| No surgery | 12 (36%) | 6 (27%) | 6 (56%) | |
| Psychiatric diagnosisb, n (%) | ||||
| Depressive disordersc | 26 (79%) | 17 (77%) | 9 (82%) | 1.00 |
| Anxiety disordersd | 23 (70%) | 16 (73%) | 7 (64%) | 0.70 |
| Cognitive disorderse | 13 (39%) | 10 (45%) | 3 (27%) | 0.46 |
| Anxiety and depressive disorders | 20 (61%) | 13 (59%) | 7 (64%) | 1.00 |
| Total visits per patient, mean (SD) | 5.5 (3.2) | 6.6 (3.0) | 3.1 (2.2) | 0.001 |
| In-person, mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.4) | 2.0 (1.2) | 1.5 (1.6) | 0.14 |
| Telemedicine, mean (SD) | 3.6 (2.7) | 4.6 (2.8) | 1.5 (0.9) | 0.001 |
Due to rounding, percentages might not add up to 100. P-values from nonparametric tests: Wilcoxon for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables
aIncludes: Alzheimer’s disease; chronic pain; dystonia; essential tremor; functional movement disorder; multiple sclerosis; multiple system atrophy
bSubcategories total more than 100%; patients had multiple psychiatric diagnoses
cIncludes: major depressive disorder, dysthymia, and depressive disorder due to another medical condition, unspecified, or not otherwise specified
dIncludes: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety, and anxiety disorder due to another medical condition, unspecified, or not otherwise specified
eIncludes: mild neurocognitive disorder and major neurocognitive disorder