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. 2021 Jan 13;17:67–68. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S300706

Impact of Supporting People with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease on Carer’s Quality of Life and Burden [Corrigendum]

PMCID: PMC7812050  PMID: 33469293

Modugno N, Antonini A, Tessitore A, et al. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2020;16:2899–2912.

The authors have advised that there is an error with the PD characteristics in Table 1 on page 2902. The correct table is shown below.

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Patients and Caregivers and PD Clinical Characteristics

LCIG (n=53) CSAI (n=19) CU (n=54) P value*,**
Patients Demographics
 Age (years); mean ± SD (range) 70.26 ± 7.1 (53-84) 66.0 ± 6.6 (54-77) 69.57 ± 9.1 (42-88)
 Male; n (%) 25 (47%) 10 (53%) 29 (54%)
PD Characteristics
UPDRS-IV Item 39, N (%)
 Not present 6 (11%) 1 (5%) 0 *0.037, **<0.001
 1-25% 37 (70%) 8 (42%) 9 (17%)
 26-50% 9 (17%) 8 (42%) 36 (67%)
 51-75% 1 (2%) 2 (11%) 8 (15%)
 76-100% 0 0 1 (2%)
 PD duration (years), mean ± SD, (range) 16.38 ± 5.8 (7-33) 13.58 ± 4.1 (8-21) 12.83 ± 5.1 (4-35) *0.085, **0.0003
 Duration of motor fluctuations (years), mean ± SD, (range) 8.36 ± 4.8 (1-26) 5.47 ± 3.5 (2-14) 5.22 ± 4.1 (1-25) *0.0099, **<0.0001
Caregivers Characteristics
 Age (years); mean ± SD (range) 59.19 ± 13.2 (36-84) 60.26 ± 12.9 (29-78) 55.89 ± 12.6 (29-85)
 Female; n (%) 30 (56%) 15 (79%) 43 (80%)
Daily duration of supporting assistance N=53 N=19 N=52
 Day and night (24 hours) 26 (49%) 12 (63%) 29 (56%) *0.1783, **0.2013
 During daytime 8 (15%) 4 (21%) 9 (17%) *0.2762, **0.6155
 From 3 to 6 hours per day 19 (36%) 3 (16%) 14 (27%) *0.3075, **0.0003
Caregiver burden
 ZBI score (mean ± SD) 29.6 ± 14.42 35.8 ± 20.15 31.4 ± 16.0 *0.328, **0.535

Notes: *LCIG vs. CSAI; **LCIG vs. CU; Two-Sample T-test and Wilcoxon Two Sample Test for PD characteristic analysis; Chi Square Test or Fisher Test for daily time spent for the assistance; *LCIG vs. CSAI; **LCIG vs. CU; Bold indicates statistical significance.

Abbreviations: LCIG, levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel; CSAI, subcutaneous apomorphine infusion; CU, care as usual; SD, standard deviation; N/A, not available; ZBI, Zarit Burden Interview.

The authors apologize for this error.


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