Improvement in quality of life following a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for patients with Parkinson’s disease

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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

	All (n=83) M (SD)	Women (n=35) M (SD)	Men (n=48) M (SD)	p
Age (n=83)	69.0 (8.3)	70.3 (7.2)	68.0 (9.0)	0.21
Parkinson’s disease duration (n=81)	5.0 (3.7)	5.4 (3.6)	4.7 (3.8)	0.42
Education level (n=81)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	0.51
Higher education	51 (63.0)	20 (58.8)	31 (66.0)
Lower education	30 (37.0)	14 (41.2)	16 (34.0)
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
Functional status (MBT) (n=74)	23.3 (3.8)	23.6 (3.8)	23.0 (3.9)	0.46
General self-efficacy (n=82)	26.0 (6.5)	25.3 (6.8)	26.5 (6.2)	0.44
Quality of life (n=77)	79.0 (20.7)	82.2 (20.6)	76.8 (20.7)	0.26

Note: On categorical variables with missing responses (ie, n<83), the valid percent is reported. Statistical tests are independent t-tests (continuous variables) and Chi-square tests (categorical variables).

Table 2 Hierarchical linear regression analyses showing direct associations with changes in quality of life

Independent variables	Model 1	Model 2
Age	−0.20	−0.13
Sex	0.15	0.06
Education	−0.09	0.02
Explained variance	7.6%
Parkinson’s disease duration		−0.05
Functional status (MBT)		0.26*
Baseline general self-efficacy		0.06
Baseline quality of life		0.51**
R^2 change		20.9%**
Explained variance		28.5% **

Notes: Table content is standardized beta weights, indicating the strength of association with changes in quality of life. Variable coding: Male =1, female =2. Higher education =1, lower education =0. Higher functional status score indicates better functioning, and higher general self-efficacy scores indicate higher general self-efficacy, whereas higher quality of life scores indicate lower quality of life. Higher quality of life change score indicates more improvement.

* p<0.05, ** p<0.01.

Figure 1 Changes in quality of life moderated by initial functional status.

Figure 2 Changes in quality of life moderated by initial quality of life scores.

Data Availability

The dataset used to support the findings of this study will be available from the authors on reasonable request when the research project is completed.