Quality of life at baseline, three, and 12 months after surgery (mean/SD) and number of patients displaying test score changes of two or more standard deviations from three to 12 months and baseline to 12 months
| Baseline | Three months after surgery | Twleve months after surgery | Improvement | Decline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >2 SD | >2 SD | ||||||
| 3-12 | B-12 | 3-12 | B-12 | ||||
| *Lower score is better; †Bonferroni p<0.05 baseline to three months, ‡Bonferroni p≤0.05 baseline to 12 months. | |||||||
| Quality of life (n=29) | |||||||
| Sickness Impact Profile (%)* | |||||||
| Physical | 4.63 (5.11) | 5.02 (6.68) | 7.73 (12.01) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Psychosocial† | 8.59 (5.97) | 4.95 (6.76) | 6.37 (8.46) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Overall | 7.95 (4.80) | 6.13 (6.41) | 7.82 (9.92) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Modified Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (%)* | |||||||
| Mobility | 20.03 (19.62) | 17.66 (23.80) | 21.55 (25.02) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Activities of Daily Living† ‡ | 48.55 (15.84) | 21.59 (20.75) | 27.38 (27.69) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Emotional well being† ‡ | 23.90 (15.02) | 9.55 (11.42) | 14.38 (13.53) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stigma† ‡ | 35.69 (27.32) | 11.93 (20.46) | 16.28 (19.13) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Social support | 9.52 (13.69) | 4.76 (9.44) | 7.72 (13.32) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cognition | 18.45 (15.72) | 17.79 (17.54) | 18.28 (14.55) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication† | 21.03 (25.06) | 10.90 (19.24) | 13.24 (15.33) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bodily discomfort | 15.79 (15.03) | 18.07 (19.10) | 19.83 (20.48) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |