Table 2 From which disease stage do neurologists start to pay attention to the non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease
From: Managing non-motor symptoms of Parkinson disease in China: clinical perspectives
Item | Total | Specialty | Had or had not read guideline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 854) | Movement disorder specialists (n = 259) | General neurologists (n = 595) | p value | Read (n = 693) | not read (n = 161) | p value | |
All non-motor symptoms | |||||||
Prodromal + Early, n(%) | 662 (77.5) | 231(89.2) | 431(80.0) | 562(81.1) | 100(62.1) | < 0.0001 | |
Middle + Late + unfollowed, n(%) | 192(22.5) | 28(10.8) | 164(20.0) | < 0.0001 | 131(18.9) | 61(37.9) | |
Depression/anxiety | |||||||
Prodromal + Early, n(%) | 561(65.7) | 195(72.3) | 366(61.5) | 482(56.4) | 79(49.1) | 0.1004 | |
Middle + Late + unfollowed, n(%) | 293(34.3) | 64(24.7) | 229(38.5) | < 0.0001 | 372(43.6) | 82(50.9) | |
Cognitive impairment/dementia | |||||||
Prodromal + Early, n(%) | 268(31.4) | 85(32.8) | 183(30.8) | 235(33.9) | 33(20.5) | 0.0009 | |
Middle + Late + unfollowed, n(%) | 586(68.6) | 174(67.2) | 412(69.2) | 0.5747 | 458(66.1) | 128(79.5) | |
Psychotic symptoms | |||||||
Prodromal + Early, n(%) | 212(24.8) | 64(24.7) | 148(24.9) | 180(26.0) | 32(74.0) | 0.1284 | |
Middle + Late + unfollowed, n(%) | 642(75.2) | 195(75.3) | 447(75.1) | > 0.9999 | 513(20.0) | 129(80.0) | |