Table 3 Itemized NMSQ responses in DIP patients with normal and abnormal DAT‐SPECT.
Normal DAT‐SPECT (n = 22) | Abnormal DAT‐SPECT (n = 12) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
NMSQ total | 11.4 (6.8) | 16.5 (5.7) | 0.033 |
Q1. Dribbling of saliva during the daytime | 8 (36%) | 6 (50%) | 0.440 |
Q2. Loss or change in ability to taste or smell | 4 (18%) | 5 (42%) | 0.224 |
Q3. Difficulty swallowing food or drink or problems with choking | 6 (27%) | 3 (25%) | 1.000 |
Q4. Vomiting or feelings of sickness | 5 (23%) | 5 (42%) | 0.247 |
Q5. Constipation (less than 3 bowel movements a week) or having to strain to pass a stool | 5 (23%) | 6 (50%) | 0.104 |
Q6. Bowel incontinence | 4 (18%) | 6 (50%) | 0.112 |
Q7. Feeling that your bowel emptying is incomplete after having been to the toilet | 5 (23%) | 9 (75%) | 0.003 |
Q8. A sense of urgency to pass urine makes you rush to the toilet | 12 (55%) | 10 (83%) | 0.093 |
Q9. Getting up regularly at night to pass urine | 10 (45%) | 9 (75%) | 0.097 |
Q10. Unexplained pains (not due to known conditions such as arthritis) | 10 (45%) | 5 (42%) | 0.832 |
Q11. Unexplained change in weight | 3 (14%) | 5 (42%) | 0.098 |
Q12. Problems remembering things that have happened recently or forgetting to do things | 17 (77%) | 10 (83%) | 0.676 |
Q13. Loss of interest in what is happening around you or doing things | 15 (68%) | 7 (58%) | 0.566 |
Q14. seeing or hearing things that you know or are told are not there | 6 (27%) | 5 (42%) | 0.391 |
Q15. Difficulty concentrating or staying focused | 14 (64%) | 10 (83%) | 0.228 |
Q16. Feeling sad, ‘low’ or ‘blue’ | 12 (55%) | 11 (92%) | 0.027 |
Q17. Feeling anxious, frightened or panicky | 15 (68%) | 9 (75%) | 0.677 |
Q18. Feeling less interested in sex or more interested in sex | 11 (50%) | 5 (42%) | 0.642 |
Q19. Finding it difficult to have sex when you try | 12 (55%) | 8 (67%) | 0.493 |
Q20. Feeling light headed, dizzy or weak standing from sitting or lying | 10 (45%) | 8 (67%) | 0.236 |
Q21. Falling | 6 (27%) | 6 (50%) | 0.185 |
Q22. Finding it difficult to stay awake during activities such as working, driving or eating | 5 (23%) | 3 (25%) | 1.000 |
Q23. Difficulty getting to sleep at night or staying asleep at night | 10 (45%) | 7 (58%) | 0.473 |
Q24. Intense, vivid dreams or frightening dreams | 13 (14%) | 9 (75%) | 0.354 |
Q25. Talking or moving about in your sleep as if you are ‘acting’ out dreams | 6 (27%) | 8 (67%) | 0.026 |
Q26. Unpleasant sensations in your legs at night or while resting, and a feeling that you need to move | 11 (50%) | 9/12 (75%) | 0.157 |
Q27. Leg swelling | 6 (27%) | 3 (25%) | 1.000 |
Q28. Excessive sweating | 5 (23%) | 5 (42%) | 0.247 |
Q29. Double vision | 2 (9%) | 4 (33%) | 0.154 |
Q30. Believing things are happening to you that other people say are not true | 2 (9%) | 2 (17%) | 0.602 |
