Table 5 Ethnicity group differences in clinical assessment scores.

From: The first cross-sectional comparative observational study of sexual dysfunction in Emirati and non-Emirati Parkinson’s disease patients (EmPark-SD) in the United Arab Emirates

  

No

Mean

SD

p-value

NMSS-SD

Emirati

207

12.01

3.652

0.093

Non-Emirati

306

12.74

4.539

UPDRS-III

Emirati

207

21.18

7.944

0.679

Non-Emirati

306

20.77

7.667

PDQ-8

Emirati

207

52.35

13.402

0.398

Non-Emirati

306

51.30

12.807

IIEF

Emirati

88

29.95

10.019

0.164

Non-Emirati

229

31.59

10.930

FSFI

Emirati

119

14.91

3.462

0.458

Non-Emirati

76

14.41

4.278

HADS-A

Emirati

207

12.49

2.214

 < 0.001*

Non-Emirati

306

11.76

2.230

HADS-D

Emirati

207

10.06

2.117

0.003*

Non-Emirati

306

10.72

2.017

  1. *p < 0.05, statistically significant.
  2. NMSS SD nonmotor symptoms sexual dysfunction ___domain 8; DD disease duration; UPDRS-III Unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale part 3; IIEF international index of erectile function; FSFI female sexual function index; PDQ-8 Parkinson’s disease questionnaire 8-items; HADS hospital anxiety and depression scale; A anxiety; D depression.
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