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Table 1 Patient demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Telepsychiatry for patients with movement disorders: a feasibility and patient satisfaction study

 

All Patients

Completed Initial Surveys

  

Yes

No

P-value

Variable

(n = 33)

(n = 22)

(n = 11)

 

Age (years), mean (SD)

61.1 (10.5)

64.3 (6.9)

54.6 (13.6)

0.02

Male gender, n (%)

21 (64%)

16 (73%)

5 (45%)

0.15

Education (years), mean (SD)

17.0 (3.0)

17.7 (3.1)

15.5 (2.3)

0.04

Marital status, n (%)

   

1.00

 Single - never married

3 (9%)

2 (9%)

1 (9%)

 

 Married

26 (79%)

17 (77%)

9 (82%)

 

 Divorced

4 (12%)

3 (14%)

1 (9%)

 

Employment status, n (%)

   

0.50

 Working full-time

6 (18%)

3 (14%)

3 (27%)

 

 Working part-time

1 (3%)

1 (5%)

0 (0%)

 

 On disability

9 (27%)

5 (23%)

4 (36%)

 

 Retired

16 (48%)

13 (59%)

3 (27%)

 

 Unemployed

1 (3%)

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

 

Distance from clinic (miles), mean (SD)

79.9 (81.3)

81.9 (88.7)

75.9 (67.6)

0.98

Living in rural areas

13 (39%)

9 (41%)

4 (36%)

1.00

Neurological disease, n (%)

   

0.19

 Parkinson’s disease

26 (79%)

19 (86%)

7 (64%)

 

 Othera

7 (21%)

3 (14%)

4 (36%)

 

Surgical status, n (%)

   

0.31

 Deep brain stimulation surgery

20 (61%)

15 (68%)

5 (45%)

 

 Thalamotomy

1 (3%)

1 (5%)

0 (0%)

 

 No surgery

12 (36%)

6 (27%)

6 (56%)

 

Psychiatric diagnosisb, n (%)

 Depressive disordersc

26 (79%)

17 (77%)

9 (82%)

1.00

 Anxiety disordersd

23 (70%)

16 (73%)

7 (64%)

0.70

 Cognitive disorderse

13 (39%)

10 (45%)

3 (27%)

0.46

 Anxiety and depressive disorders

20 (61%)

13 (59%)

7 (64%)

1.00

Total visits per patient, mean (SD)

5.5 (3.2)

6.6 (3.0)

3.1 (2.2)

0.001

 In-person, mean (SD)

1.9 (1.4)

2.0 (1.2)

1.5 (1.6)

0.14

 Telemedicine, mean (SD)

3.6 (2.7)

4.6 (2.8)

1.5 (0.9)

0.001

  1. Due to rounding, percentages might not add up to 100. P-values from nonparametric tests: Wilcoxon for continuous variables and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables
  2. aIncludes: Alzheimer’s disease; chronic pain; dystonia; essential tremor; functional movement disorder; multiple sclerosis; multiple system atrophy
  3. bSubcategories total more than 100%; patients had multiple psychiatric diagnoses
  4. cIncludes: major depressive disorder, dysthymia, and depressive disorder due to another medical condition, unspecified, or not otherwise specified
  5. dIncludes: generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety, and anxiety disorder due to another medical condition, unspecified, or not otherwise specified
  6. eIncludes: mild neurocognitive disorder and major neurocognitive disorder