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. 2020 Jul 29;2020:1561037. doi: 10.1155/2020/1561037

Table 1.

Participants' characteristics at baseline for the total sample and separate for those not satisfied vs. satisfied with their lives at the 3-year follow-up and univariable logistic regression analyses with life satisfaction (3-year follow-up) as the dependent variable, N = 1631.

Independent variables Descriptives Univariable regression analyses (total sample)
Total sample Not satisfied/satisfied OR (95% CI) p value
Sex (male), n (%) 106 (65.0) 49 (59.8)/57 (70.4) 0.625 (0.326–1.198) 0.157
Education (university level), n (%) 61 (37.4) 35 (42.7)/26 (32.1) 1.575 (0.831–2.987) 0.164
General self-efficacy (GSE), mean (SD) 30 (6.4) 28 (6.5)/32 (5.7) 1.114 (1.053–1.178) <0.001
Motor symptoms (UPDRS III), mean (SD) 30 (13.5) 31 (12.5)/28 (14.4) 0.986 (0.962–1.010) 0.226
Walking difficulties (Walk-12G), mean (SD) 15 (10.7) 18 (10.8)/12 (9.8) 0.947 (0.917–0.979 0.001
Fall-related activity avoidance (yes), n (%) 61 (37.4) 40 (48.8)/21 (25.9) 0.368 (0.190–0.711) 0.003
Difficulties with, or need help in daily activities (PADLS; yes), n (%) 38 (23.3) 23 (28.0)/15 (18.5) 0.583 (0.278–1.221) 0.153
Depressive symptoms (GDS-15), median (q1–q3) 2 (1–4) 3 (2–5)/1 (0–2) 0.707 (0.597–0.838) <0.001

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; GSE = General Self-Efficacy Scale (10–40; higher = better); UPDRS III = Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, motor part (0–108; higher = worse); Walk-12G = Generic Walk-12 (0–42; higher = worse); PADLS = Parkinson's Disease Activities of Daily Living Scale (1–5; higher = worse; those who scored >2 were classified as having difficulties or needing help); GDS-15 = Geriatric Depression Scale (0–15; higher = worse). 1Except for GSE, UPDRS III, Walk-12G, and GDS-15, which had 1–5 missing cases each. Life satisfaction was assessed with item 1 of the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (scored 1–6; higher = better), and scores were dichotomized into not satisfied (1–4; coded as 0) and satisfied (5-6; coded as 1). Statistically significant p values (0.05) are presented in bold.