Results from those actions of the ADL taxonomy that showed statistically significant changes after DBS, tricotomised into different levels of performance
| No of patients in each of the three levels of performance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of ADL action | Operative stage | Without problem when performing ADL action | Perform ADL action with effort | Dependent on other person when performing ADL action |
| *Two patients were not active in these ADL actions neither before nor after surgery. | ||||
| Eating | Preop | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| Postop | 15 | 12 | 0 | |
| Drinking | Preop | 3 | 20 | 4 |
| Postop | 16 | 11 | 0 | |
| Eating/drinking cut food | Preop | 1 | 18 | 8 |
| Postop | 9 | 11 | 7 | |
| Combing hair | Preop | 19 | 7 | 1 |
| Postop | 24 | 3 | 0 | |
| Shaving/make up | Preop | 13 | 11 | 3 |
| Postop | 22 | 3 | 2 | |
| Using telephone | Preop | 11 | 14 | 2 |
| Postop | 19 | 7 | 1 | |
| Reading | Preop | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| Postop | 23 | 4 | 0 | |
| Writing | Preop | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| Postop | 7 | 16 | 4 | |
| Heating up liquid/preparing food* | Preop | 17 | 6 | 2 |
| Postop | 23 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cooking a hot meal* | Preop | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| Postop | 20 | 3 | 2 | |
| Weekly shopping* | Preop | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| Postop | 19 | 3 | 3 | |