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Using a smartphone-based self-management platform to study sex differences in Parkinson's disease: multicenter, cross-sectional pilot study.

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak · 2024-06-21

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-024-02569-1PMID: 38907208

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BackgroundPatient-reported outcome (PRO) is a distinct and indispensable dimension of clinical characteristics and recent advances have made remote PRO measurement possible. Sex difference in PRO of Parkinson's disease (PD) is hardly extensively researched.MethodsA smartphone-based self-management platform, offering remote PRO measurement for PD patients, has been developed. A total of 1828 PD patients, including 1001 male patients and 827 female patients, were enrolled and completed their PRO submission through this platform.ResultsSex differences in PROs have been identified. The female group had a significantly lower height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) than the male group (P ConclusionsWe provide evidence for sex differences in PD through the data collected from our platform. These results highlighted the importance of gender in clinical decision-making, and also support the feasibility of remote PRO measurement through a smartphone-based self-management platform in patients with PD.

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