Research Article
Occupational Therapy for Parkinsonian Patients: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Patients’ demographical, clinical, and neuropsychological data.
| Variable | All | H&Y < 3 | H&Y ≥ 3 | |
| Age (years) | 67.1 ± 9.4 | 64.3 ± 10.2 | 70.3 ± 7.3 | <0.0001 | Male gender (%) | 54.4 | 50.9 | 57.1 | 0.17 | Right side (%) | 55.3 | 47.8 | 61.6 | 0.004 | Right-handed (%) | 97.1 | 98.6 | 95.8 | 0.065 | LED (mg) | 618 ± 319 | 538 ± 294 | 711 ± 324 | <0.0001 | Disease duration (years) | 8.9 ± 5.2 | 7.7 ± 5.0 | 10.2 ± 5.2 | 0.0002 | H&Y | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 3.1 ± 0.3 | <0.0001 | Years of education | 10.5 ± 4.4 | 11.0 ± 4.2 | 9.9 ± 4.6 | 0.002 | FAB | 13.9 ± 3.0 | 14.4 ± 2.8 | 13.2 ± 3.1 | <0.0001 | PDQ39 | 41.1 ± 22.1 | 34.8 ± 17.4 | 51.6 ± 24.9 | <0.0001 |
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LED: daily levodopa equivalent dose; H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr stage; FAB: frontal assessment battery; PDQ39: Parkinson disease’s Questionnaire 39.
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