Table 1 Opinions regarding selection of diagnostic methods and putative pre-motor symptoms among doctors at different levels
Items | Total (n=609) | Physicians (n=91) | General neurologists (n=429) | Movement disorders specialists (n=89) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Levodopa test | 465(76.4%) | 49(53.8%) | 340(79.3%) | 76(85.4%) | 0.000 |
Neuroimaging | |||||
Conventional MRI | 498(81.8%) | 64(70.3%) | 356(83.0%) | 78(87.6%) | 0.005 |
SWI | 98(16.1%) | 7(7.7%) | 71(16.6%) | 20(22.5%) | 0.023 |
TCS | 11(1.8%) | 0(0%) | 1(0.2%) | 10(11.2%) | 0.000 |
SPECT | 62(10.2%) | 9(9.9%) | 34(7.9%) | 19(21.3%) | 0.001 |
PET | 81(13.3%) | 9(9.9 %) | 47(11.0%) | 25(28.1%) | 0.000 |
Pre-motor symptoms | |||||
Hyposmia | 259(42.5%) | 15(16.5%) | 191(44.5%) | 53(59.6%) | 0.000 |
RBD | 265(43.5%) | 33(36.3%) | 181(42.2%) | 51(57.3%) | 0.010 |
Constipation | 221(36.3%) | 21(23.1%) | 157(36.6%) | 43(48.3%) | 0.002 |
Anxiety & depression | 254(41.7%) | 28(30.8%) | 186(43.4%) | 40(44.9%) | 0.069 |