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Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of the demographic characteristics and clinical assessments

From: A new postural stability-indicator to predict the level of fear of falling in Parkinson’s disease patients

 

Total (N = 38)

Low-FoF group (n = 10)

High-FoF group (n = 28)

p-value

Age (years)

60.76 (9.39)

56 (8.71)

62.46 (9.18)

0.06

Height (cm)

171.39 (5.13)

173.55 (4.12)

170.62 (5.30)

0.12

Weight (kg)

77.52 (13.12)

84.1 (8.64)

75.17 (13.75)

0.06

MoCA

21.78 (4.64)

24 (3.02)

20.96 (4.9)

0.08

HADS-total

14.88 (6.66)

11.44 (7.26)

16.1 (6.1)

0.06

 HADS-anxiety

7.91 (4.03)

6.44 (4.92)

8.44 (3.62)

0.18

 HADS-depression

6.97 (3.62)

5 (3.23)

7.67 (3.55)

0.04*

FES-I

29.13 (10.25)

17.9 (2.08)

33.14 (8.89)

< 0.001**

Duration of disease (years)

7.36 (4.98)

4.2 (1.71)

8.51 (5.3)

0.02*

HY stage

2.36 (0.68)

1.6 (0.52)

2.63 (0.5)

< 0.001**

PT

1.18 (0.93)

0.3 (0.48)

1.5 (0.79)

< 0.001**

BBS

46.84 (5.86)

53.3 (2.41)

44.5 (4.91)

< 0.001**

TUG

8.01 (1.65)

6.63 (0.73)

8.5 (1.61)

0.001**

  1. BBS Berg Balance Scale, FES-I Falls Self-Efficacy Scale-International, FoF Fear of Falling, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HY Hoehn and Yahr, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, PT Pull Test, TUG Timed Up and Go
  2. **p-value < .01; *p-value < .05