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. 2021 Mar 15;2021:9475026. doi: 10.1155/2021/9475026

Table 1.

Participants' characteristics qualitative interview study, n = 20.

Participant number Interview category Gender Age HY stage Dwelling place Partner Cognitive function (MMSE) Motor function (UPDRS III) Nonmotor symptoms (NMSS) Depressive symptoms (GDS-30)
1 Patient f 88 4 Home Yes 20 39 49 21
2 Husband Pat #1
3 Daughter f 90 5 Residential care facility No 20 44 147 7
4 Patient m 83 4 Residential care facility Yes 24 34 87 17
5 Patient f 79 4 Home No 24 35 46 12
6 Wife m 73 4 Home Yes 15 39 109 12
7 Patient m 64 4 Home Yes 19 12 106 3
8 Patient m 65 4 Home Yes 28 21 104 8
9 Wife Pat #8
10 Patient m 83 4 Home Yes 21 48 35 8
11 Wife Pat #10
12 Patient m 89 4 Home Yes 26 26 51 4
13 Wife Pat #12
14 Patient m 86 4 Home Yes 21 26 92 10
15 Wife Pat #14
16 Patient m 84 5 Home Yes 18 61 82 9
17 Wife Pat #16
18 Patient m 85 4 Residential care facility Yes 28 18 93 21
19 Patient f 76 4 Home Yes 22 41 51 10
20 Husband Home Pat #19

Participants in chronological order. Shaded area: informal caregivers; patient demographic and clinical data are shown in cases where the informal caregivers were not part of a dyad. HY, Hoehn and Yahr staging scale (score range I–V, higher = worse); MMSE, mini-mental state examination (score range 0–30, higher = better); UPDRS, Unified PD Rating Scale, part III = motor examination (score range 0–108, higher = worse); NMSS, Nonmotor Symptoms Scale (0–360, higher = worse); GDS-30, Geriatric Depression Scale (score range 0–30, higher = worse).  Patient in the process of moving to a residential care facility.