Table 3

STN-DBS and PDQ-39 subscores

Reference	PDQ-39 subscore† improvement
*p<0.05.
†PDQ-39 subscales: mobility (Mob), activities of daily living (ADL), emotional wellbeing (EWB), stigma, cognition (Cog), communication (Com), bodily discomfort (BD).
‡Mean score improvement.
NS, not significant.
Martinez-Martin et al²³	Mob 60.5%*
	EWB 21.99%*
	BD 40.64%*
	Stigma 29.52%*
	ADL 69.21%*
Patel et al²⁴	ADL 30%*
	Stigma 21%*
Just and Ostergaard²¹	Surgical
	Mob 26.8*‡
	Cog 15.3*‡
	BD 15.1*‡
	ADL 38.6*‡
	EWB 9.5*‡
	Stigma 15.9*‡
	Medical: NS
Lezcano et al²⁷	Mob 53%*
	EWB 58%*
	BD 63%*
	ADL 81%*
	Stigma 38%*
	Com 60%*