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. 2021 Aug 3:1–10. doi: 10.1159/000517380

Table 4.

Comparison of the parameters of patients according to chronic neurological disease

PD (n = 98) HA (n = 158) MS (n = 126) EP (n = 67) PNP (n = 60) CVD (n = 68) p value
Age 65±11a 39±12b 38±10b 47±17c 61±12a, d 60±15d 0.0001**
Gender (F/M) 46/52a 124/34c 81/45b 25/42a 36/24a, b, c 40/28a, b, c 0.0001**
Comorbid diseases, % 61a 36b 20c 45a, b 70a 79a 0.0001**
Contact with COVID-19 patient, % 7a 31b 19c 40b 17a, b, c 29b, c 0.0001**
Diagnosis of COVID-19, % 5a 19b 15b 13a, b 9ab 0.001**
DIT, % 32a 28ab 20b 10b 63c 56c 0.0001**
WHOQOL-BREF 59±23b 55±19a, b
 Physical 48±20a 49±17a 36±14c 44±14c 0.0001**
 Mental 51±1 48±15 55±19 55±16 43±16 45±13 0.001*
 Social 39±21 45±21 51±24 48±23 41±19 44±17 0.002*
 Environmental 66±16 62±16 61±19 63±16 46±13 54±14 0.0001**
IES-R total score 25±16a 46±18b 37±18c 48±16b 49±18b 53±15b 0.0001**
 Intrusion 8±6 15.8±7 12±7 16.7±7 17±7 19±6 0.0001
 Avoidance 10±5 18.3±6 16±6 19.5±5 18±6 21±5 0.0001
 Hyperarousal 7±5 12.2±6 9±5 11.9±4 13±5 13±4 0.0001

WHOQOL-BREF, the World Health Organization Quality of Life short form; IES-R, Impact of Event Scale − Revised; DIT, distribution of treatment; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; PD, Parkinson's disease; HA, headache; MS, multiple sclerosis; EP, epilepsy; PNP, polyneuropathy; CVD, cerebrovascular disease. * p < 0.05. ** p < 0.001. a–d p < 0.05, data were analyzed for various chronic neurological diseases by variance ANOVA with post hoc Fisher's least significant difference (LSD) tests.