Table 2

Opinions about public attitudes towards sexuality, emotion from own sexual practice, personal sexual function, and general health perception in 121 patients with Parkinson's disease and 126 controls. For each category, the numbers of responses from patients and controls (x/y) are given

Opinions	Positive	Negative	Neither-nor	No answer
Living together of unmarried young couples?	106/122	5/2	—	10/2
Should law facilitate divorce?	52/68	7/2	42/46	20/10
Attitude towards sexual relationship outside marriage?	58/69	43/28	15/23	5/6
People's attitudes towards sexuality nowadays?	100/118	11/4^2-150	6/1	4/3
Homosexuality?	63/81	26/9^2-150	24/30	8/6
Emotion	Yes	No	Neither-nor	No answer
Sexual life as satisfying now as in the past?	95/112	20/7^2-165	—	6/7
Sometimes watching erotic films?	91/97	24/23	—	6/6
Caring for looking attractive?	100/115	11/9	—	10/2
Enjoy a small flirtation?	96/113	21/9^2-160	—	4/4
Can imagine sex without marriage?	19/14	94/104	—	8/8
Sexuality important part of life in the past?	63/57	48/57	—	10/12
Feeling lonely sometimes?	56/23	59/102^2-165	—	6/1
Satisfied with present sexual relationship?	67/88	25/12^2-160	19/20	10/6
Sexual function	Yes	No	Neither-nor	No answer
Presently as much or more intercourse as 10 years ago?	48/60	60/53	—	13/13
Frequency of sexual intercourse 2–3 times a week?	34/44	73/68	—	14/14
Health perception	Yes	No	Neither-nor	No answer
Satisfied with life so far?	68/106	21/4^2-165	25/14	7/2
	Younger	Older	Neither-nor	No answer
Feeling younger/older than present age?	57/76	20/5^2-165	4/2	40/43
	Good	Bad	Neither-nor	No answer
Selfperceived state of current health?	26/98	29/5^2-165	6/3	60/20

↵2-150 p<0.05;
↵2-160 p=0.02;
↵2-165 p⩽0.01.
Hyphen indicates that “neither-nor” was not given as a choice in the respective question.