Table 2: Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life per Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire-Short-Form (PDQ-8) based on Linear Regression Models.

Motor Variables

p-value

Adjusted R2

UPDRS + Clinical/Demographics

0.068

0.241

H & Y + Clinical/Demographics

0.174

0.139

UPDRS

0.001*

0.322

H & Y

0.014*

0.189

Speech Variables

p-value

Adjusted R2

SIT + Clinical/Demographics

0.480

-0.011

Monologue + Clinical/Demographics

0.390

0.025

SIT

0.961

-0.040

Monologue

0.306

0.003

Cognitive Variable

p-value

Adjusted R2

MoCA + Clinical/Demographics

0.043*

0.284

MoCA

0.111

0.062

*p< 0.05 Note: UPDRS: Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale; H & Y: Hoehn and Yahr scale; SIT: Speech Intelligibility Test, MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment.