Table 1.
Comparison of endorsement rates per reason in Hispanics versus non-Hispanics in patient and caregiver groups.
| Patients | Caregiver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WH | WNH | p-value* | WH | WNH | p-value* | |
| N | 72 | 34 | 29 | 18 | ||
| Mean age | 66.7 | 67.1 | 59.3 | 59.9 | ||
| Higher education**, N (%) | 44 (61.1) | 31 (91.2) | 0.01 | 17 (58.6) | 16 (88.9) | 0.05 |
| Willing to participate, N (%) | 70 (97.2) | 33 (97.1) | 1 | 25 (86.2) | 15 (83.3) | 1 |
| Motivations selected by those willing to participate, N (%)*** | ||||||
| I suffer from PD/have a relative who suffers from PD | 59 (84.3) | 27 (81.8) | 0.78 | 23 (92.0) | 12 (80.0) | 0.34 |
| To help future generations with PD | 34 (48.6) | 20 (62.5) | 0.29 | 11 (44.0) | 13 (86.7) | 0.01 |
| To help find a cure for PD | 66 (94.2) | 30 (93.8) | 0.68 | 25 (100.0) | 12 (80.0) | 0.05 |
| To find new/better treatments for PD | 43 (61.4) | 28 (87.5) | 0.02 | 17 (68.0) | 12 (80.0) | 0.49 |
| To improve science and knowledge about PD | 32 (45.7) | 24 (75.0) | 0.01 | 15 (60.0) | 11 (73.3) | 0.50 |
| I’m encouraged by family/friend to participate | 7 (10.0) | 10 (30.3) | 0.04 | 3 (12.0) | 4 (26.7) | 0.39 |
*Fisher’s exact test; **Higher education defined as education received after high school; ***Other (encompassing any other reasons participants indicated as motivation, not in the predetermined list) was not analyzed due to low number of endorsements.