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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of Patients in the entire sample and in each group (epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease (PD))

From: Assessing preoperative hope and expectations related to functional neurosurgery: a new questionnaire

Dependent variables

Groups of patients

Whole sample (n=50)

Epilepsy (n=25)

PD (n=25)

Age

46.16 (17.05)

32.72 (12.75)

59.60 (7.41)

Level of education

12.57 (4.26)

12.00 (2.83)

13.33 (5.65)

Disease duration

14.00 (7.78)

17.08 (8.88)

10.78 (4.79)

AS-total score

34.00 (7.67)

37.56 (6.95)

30.44 (6.76)

PE-total score

21.00 (11.38)

17.12 (8.53)

24.88 (12.66)

PH-total score

28.04 (13.00)

23.92 (10.39)

32.16 (14.20)

HADS-D

5.47 (3.24)

4.83 (3.26)

6.13 (3.15)

HADS-A

7.75 (4.01)

7.91 (4.18)

7.59 (3.91)

MOS-SF-PCS

43.89 (10.95)

51.48 (7.68)

35.95 (7.78)

MOS-SF-MCS

40.20 (9.69)

40.69 (10.39)

39.95 (9.11)

LOT-optimism

16.66 (4.31)

16.68 (4.59)

16.64 (4.11)

  1. PE Preoperative expectations, PH Preoperative Hope, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Anxiety, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Depression, MOS-SF-PCS Medical Outcome Study - Short Form - Physical Component Summary, MOS-SF-MCS Medical Outcome Study - Short Form - Mental Component Summary, LOT Life Orientation Test