Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of survey patients who would like to use a Parkinson’s disease self-management app, provided it is easy to operate
Variable | SA + A | N + SD + D | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 67.05 ± 9.24 | 76.14 ± 9.76 | < 0.001 |
Education level | 10.81 ± 3.23 | 8.83 ± 3.26 | 0.001 |
Morisky Scale score | 5.91 ± 1.41 | 4.94 ± 1.39 | < 0.001 |
Gender | 0.517 | ||
Male/Female | 97/72 | 18/17 | |
Resident location | 0.795 | ||
Urban | 143 (84.6%) | 29 (82.9%) | |
Rural | 26 (15.4%) | 6 (17.1%) | |
Occupation (employment) | 0.478 | ||
self-employed | 57 (33.7%) | 14 (40.0%) | |
Retirees | 112 (66.3%) | 21 (60.0%) | |
Number of anti-Parkinson drug | 0.162 | ||
≤ two drugs | 123 (72.8%) | 22 (61.1%) | |
≥ three drugs | 46 (27.2%) | 14 (38.9%) | |
Whether browsing a web | 0.041 | ||
Browsing | 90 (53.3%) | 12 (34.3%) | |
Not browsing | 79 (46.7%) | 23 (65.7%) | |
Parkinson disease course | < 0.001 | ||
≤ 5 years | 121 (71.6%) | 12 (36.4%) | |
≥ 6 years | 48 (28.4%) | 21 (63.6%) | |
MDS-UPDRS (H & Y) | 0.013 | ||
≤ 50(I-II) | 87 (51.5%) | 26 (74.3%) | |
51–100(III) | 82 (48.5%) | 9 (25.7%) |