Table 3.
Patient and caregiver characteristics, separated by gender.
| Mean ± SD Female (n = 33) |
Mean ± SD Male (n = 54) |
p (t-Test) | Chi-Squared | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD patients | ||||
| Age (years) | 69.5 ± 11.1 | 68.2 ± 9.5 | 0.565 | |
| Disease duration (years) | 12.6 ± 7.9 | 9.57 ± 5.4 | 0.079 | |
| Hoehn and Yahr stage | 3.4 ± 0.8 | 2. ± 1.0 | 0.012 * | |
| PDQ-8 | 40.0 ± 15.8 | 31.5 ± 18.4 | 0.030 * | |
| MDS-UPDRS part I | 10.5 ± 4.7 | 9.6 ± 5.3 | 0.421 | |
| MDS-UPDRS part II | 19.9 ± 11.5 | 16.4 ± 9.8 | 0.139 | |
| BDI | 14.0 ± 7.8 | 10.7 ± 8.0 | 0.062 | |
| Caregivers |
Mean ± SD
Female (n = 54) |
Mean ± SD
Male (n = 30) |
p (t-Test) | Chi-Squared |
| Age (years) | 63.9 ± 10.0 | 70.6 ± 10.5 | 0.005 ** | |
| Caregiving hours per day | 4.8 ± 6.1 | 7.0 ± 7.0 | 0.158 | |
| PDCB | 31.4 ± 15.9 | 31.3 ± 16.3 | 0.984 | |
| BDI | 9.8 ± 7.0 | 7.6 ± 6.0 | 0.161 | |
| SF—36 total | 64.4 ± 18.6 | 63.6 ± 21.8 | 0.847 |
Abbreviations: BDI, Beck’s depression inventory; MDS-UPDRS, Movement Disorders Society unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale; PD, Parkinson’s disease; PDCB, Parkinson’s disease caregiver burden questionnaire; PDQ-8, Parkinson’s disease questionnaire 8; SD, standard deviation; SF-36, short-form 36 health survey. * indicates significance at p < 0.05; ** indicate significance at p < 0.01.