Table. 1 Demographic and Parkinson’s disease characteristics of participants in the WALK and AT groups

From: Compliance and Satisfaction for 16 months of Adapted Tango vs. Supervised Walking for People with Parkinson’s

 

AT (N = 20)

WALK (N = 16)

p

Age (y)

Mean (SD): 70.3 (7.7)

Range: 49.0–83.0

Mean (SD): 71.1 (7.7)

Range: 57.0–82.0

0.78

Sex (F/M)

Female: 6 (30%)

Male: 14 (70%)

Female: 3 (19%)

Male: 13 (81%)

0.44

Race

Asian: 1 (5%)

Black/African American: 5 (25%)

Hispanic or Latino: 1 (5%)

Other: 1 (5%)

White/Caucasian: 12 (60%)

Asian: 0 (0%)

Black/African American: 4 (25%)

Multicultural: 1 (6%)

White/Caucasian: 11 (69%)

0.58

OFF (%)

Mean (SD): 12.4 (15.2)

Range: 0.0–42.2

Mean (SD): 15.4 (17.6)

Range: 0.0–46.5

0.69

Off duration

Mean (SD): 118.0 (143.7)

Range: 0.0–380.0

Mean (SD): 150.0 (177.1)

Range:0.0–470.0

0.66

Dyskinesia (%)

Mean (SD): 4.4 (5.9)

Range: 0.0–18.7

Mean (SD): 5.5 (8.9)

Range: 0.0–27.0

0.75

Dyskin. duration

Mean (SD): 42.0 (61.2)

Range: 0.0–200.0

Mean (SD): 51.0 (80.2)

Range: 0.0–240.0

0.78

Hoehn-Yahr Stage

Mean (SD): 2.3 (0.5)

Range: 1.5-3.0

Mean (SD): 2.1 (0.7)

Range: 1.0–3.0

0.35

Years w/PD (y)

Mean (SD): 6.4 (4.8)

Range: 0.0–15.0

Mean (SD): 8.5 (5.2)

Range: 2.0–17.0

0.32

Compliance

Mean (SD): 61.1 (19.9)

Range:21.0–85.0

Mean (SD): 57.0 (19.9)

Range: 12.0–81.0

0.61

Satisfaction

Mean (SD): 4.0 (0.9)

Range: 1.6–5.0

Mean (SD): 4.1 (0.6)

Range: 3.0–5.0

0.85

  1. Values are presented as mean (SD) or frequency (percentage). No statistically significant differences were observed between groups at baseline (all p > 0.05). N-Miss: 3 for AT and N-Miss: 2 for WALK.