Table 7 Reported Cannabis symptom improvement for top selected symptoms, n (%).

From: Weeding through the haze: a survey on cannabis use among people living with Parkinson’s disease in the US

Improvement to symptom severity

Considerable improvement

Moderate improvement

Slight improvement

No improvement

Worsening of symptoms

Severity, n (%)

Anxiety

32 (35.2)

39 (42.9)

14 (15.4)

5 (5.5)

1 (1.1)

Pain

31 (35.2)

32 (36.4)

13 (14.8)

12 (13.6)

0 (0.0)

Sleep disorders

40 (45.5)

27 (30.7)

13 (14.8)

8 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

Stiffness

22 (25.6)

33 (38.4)

21 (24.4)

8 (9.3)

2 (2.3)

Tremor

21 (25.0)

32 (38.1)

20 (23.8)

11 (13.1)

0 (0.0)

Was there a meaningful change in QoL?

Yes

No

Do not know

  

Anxiety

77 (90.6)

1 (1.18)

7 (8.2)

 

Pain

68 (89.5)

3 (4.0)

5 (6.6)

 

Sleep disorders

73 (91.3)

2 (2.5)

5 (6.3)

 

Stiffness

63 (82.9)

4 (5.3)

9 (11.8)

 

Tremor

62 (84.9)

7 (9.6)

4 (5.5)

 

Improvement to symptom frequency

Considerable improvement

Moderate improvement

Slight improvement

No improvement

Worsening of symptoms

Frequency, n (%)

Anxiety

29 (31.9)

32 (35.2)

19 (20.9)

10 (11.0)

1 (1.1)

Pain

28 (31.8)

28 (31.8)

18 (20.5)

14 (15.9)

0 (0.0)

Sleep disorders

37 (42.0)

17 (19.3)

20 (22.7)

14 (15.9)

0 (0.0)

Stiffness

20 (23.3)

30 (34.9)

21 (24.4)

14 (16.3)

1 (1.2)

Tremor

23 (27.4)

24 (28.6)

19 (22.6)

18 (21.4)

0 (0.0)

Was there a meaningful change in QoL?

Yes

No

Do not know

  

Anxiety

73 (91.3)

1 (1.3)

7 (7.5)

  

Pain

65 (87.8)

5 (6.8)

4 (5.4)

  

Sleep disorders

69 (93.2)

1 (1.4)

4 (5.4)

  

Stiffness

59 (83.1)

3 (4.2)

9 (12.7)

  

Tremor

62 (93.9)

2 (3.0)

2 (3.0)