Assessment of the quality of life and the relationship between its level and sociodemographic factors and physical activity in the group of patients with Parkinson’s disease

Variable	Subjective assessment of QOL Mean [±SD]	Subjective assessment of health status Mean [±SD]	Physical domain Mean [±SD]	Psychological domain Mean [±SD]	Social domain Mean [±SD]	Environmental domain Mean [±SD]
Age
p	0.005	0.071	0.003	0.723	0.101	0.191
Sex
Women	3.2 [±0.6]	2.4 [±0.8]	49.3 [±9.3]	47.2 [±12.6]	56.6 [±13.6]	60.6 [±10.2]
Men	2.8 [±0.8]	2.5 [±0.6]	47.4 [±9.4]	43.2 [±7.9]	53 [±11.5]	60.4 [±8.8]
			0.42		0.34
p	0.11	0.6		0.37		0.99
Education
Primary and secondary
Higher	2.9 [±0.9]	2.4 [±0.5]	45.8 [±8]	40 [±8.1]	45.1 [±6.4]	55 [±8.3]
Higher	3 [±0.7]	2.5 [±0.8]	48.7 [±9.7]	45.9 [±10]	56.9 [±12.3]	62.1 [±9]
p	0.79	0.96	0.43	0.16	0.002	0.04
Marital status
Single	2.8 [±0.8]	2.4 [±0.8]	52.7 [±10.2]	47.5 [±11.8]	54.9 [±13.5]	57.6 [±7.5]
Single	2.8 [±0.8]	2.4 [±0.8]	In relationship	47.5 [±11.8]	54.9 [±13.5]	57.6 [±7.5]	3.1 [±0.7]	2.5 [±0.6]	44.5 [±6.8]	42.4 [7.5]	53.7 [±11.5]	62.6 [±9.9]
p	0.2	0.26	0.005	0.17	0.67	0.08
Place of residence
Village	3.1 [±0.8]	2.6 [±0.7]	50.5 [±9.4]	43.3 [±7]	59.1 [±9.9]	61.1 [±9.3]
Town	2.9 [±0.8]
Town		2.4 [±0.7]	46.5 [±9]	45.4 [±11.3]	51.2 [±12.7]	60 [±9.3]
p	0.47	0.32	0.13	0.41	0.02	0.78
Material status
Poor/average	2.7 [±0.8]	2.5 [±0.7]	47.6 [±8.4]	42.8 [±8.5]	50.4 [±9.5]	54.7 [±6.1]
Good/very good	3.1 [±0.7]	2.4 [±0.7]	48.4 [±10]	45.7 [±10.6]	56.6 [±13.3]	64.1 [±9.7]
p	0.08	0.64	1	0.48	0.07	0.001
Duration of Parkinson’s disease
p	0.006	0.009	0.011	0.568	0.620	0.074
Additional ailments
Hypertension
No	3.1 [±0.7]	2.4 [±0.8]	49.8 [±9.7]	49.7 [±11.6]	58.1 [±14.6]	61 [±10.1]
Yes	2.9 [±0.8]	2.5 [±0.6]	47.1 [±9.1]	41.7 [±7.4]	52 [±10.3]	60.1 [±8.8]
p	0.46	0.85	0.3	0.01	0.06	0.89
Degenerative joint disease
No	2.9 [±0.7]	2.5 [±0.6]	49.1 [±10.6]	42.5 [±8.8]	49.2 [±12.2]	58.8 [±9.2]
Yes	3 [±0.8]	2.4 [±0.8]	47.4 [±8.4]	46 [±10.4]	57.7 [±11.2]	61.6 [±9.2]
p	0.96	0.59	0.69	0.24	0.06	0.34
Sport in youth
No	2.8 [±0.7]	2.4 [±0.8]	47.4 [±8.9]	44.5 [±9.8]	56.2 [±10.2]	60.1 [±8.6]
Yes	3.3 [±0.9]	2.5 [±0.5]	49.6 [±10.4]0.48	44.8 [±10.2]	49.5 [±15.6]	61.2 [±10.9]
p	0.05	0.35		0.75	0.08	0.75
IPAQ (Total MET)
P	0.19	0.86	0.005	0.001	0.0001	0.08

Characteristics of the study group

Variable	Study group
Age in years [±SD]	67.5 [±7.5]
Sex, n (%)
Women	15 (34%)
Men	29 (66%)
Place of residence, n (%)
Village	17 (39%)
Town	27 (61%)
Education, n (%)
Primary and secondary	10 (23%)
Higher	34 (77%)
Marital status, n (%)
Single	19 (43%)
In relationship	25 (57%)
Material status, n (%)
Poor/average	17 (39%)
Good/very good	27 (61%)
Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, n (%) [years]
<50	4 (9%)
51-50	27 (61%)
61-70	12 (27%)
>71	1 (2%)
Duration of Parkinson’s disease [±SD]	9.6 [±4.8]
Additional ailments, n (%)
Arterial hypertension	28 (64%)
Joint degenerative disease	26 (59%)
Other	8 (18%)
Sport in youth, n (%)
No	31 (71%)
Yes	13 (29%)
IPAQ, n (%)
High	13 (29%)
Sufficient	5 (11%)
Insufficient	26 (59%)

Characteristics of QOL of patients with Parkinson’s disease

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	Median	Min	Max
Subjective assessment of QOL	2.95	0.75	3	2	4
Subjective assessment of health status	2.45	0.7	2	1	4
Physical domain	48.1	9.3	44	38	75
Psychological domain	44.6	9.8	44	31	81
Social domain	54.2	12.2	56	31	81
Environmental domain	60.5	9.2	59.5	44	81