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Table 2 Background characteristics of study population

From: Recognition of physiotherapists’ expertise in Parkinson’s disease

General characteristics

n

%

Gender

Male

147

56

Mean age in years ± SD

 

72

±9

Level of education

   
 

None/low

165

56

Average

91

31

High

39

13

Residential status

   
 

Alone

55

18

Together

211

71

Other situation

36

11

Internet use

Yes

85

28

Specific Parkinson’s Disease characteristics

Diagnosis

   
 

Parkinson’s disease

292

95

Atypical parkinsonism

10

3

Unknown

4

2

Hoehn and Yahr stage (self-reported)

   
 

Mild (0–1)

83

30

Moderate (2–3)

127

41

Severe (4–5)

87

29

Use of physiotherapy in the past year

Yes

320

100

  1. Because of missing data in the background characteristics, not every score accumulates to the total of 320.