NMSS total score | Cardiovascular | Sleep/fatigue | Mood/apathy | Perceptual problems/hallucinations | Attention/memory | Gastrointestinal | Urinary | Sexual functions | Miscellaneous | ||
PDQ-8 SI | r | 0.517*** | 0.063 | 0.523*** | 0.256* | 0.176 | 0.274* | 0.079 | 0.334** | 0.095 | 0.377** |
p | <0.001 | 0.59 | <0.001 | 0.026 | 0.129 | 0.016 | 0.497 | 0.003 | 0.413 | 0.001 | |
n | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
Correlation coefficients for significant results are highlighted in bold.
Correlation coefficients were ‘weak’ (r=0.200–0.399) for mood/apathy, attention/memory, urinary symptoms, sexual functions and miscellaneous domains, and ‘moderate’ (r=0.400–0.599) for the sleep/fatigue domain and the NMSS total score.
*p < 0.050, **p < 0.010, ***p < 0.001.
NMSS, Non-motor Symptom Scale; PDQ-8 SI, 8-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire Summary Index.