Raw data related to: "Physical Activity Changes and Correlate Effects in Patients with Parkinson's Disease during COVID-19 Lockdown"

Structured questionnaire set up to collect data on demographics including age at PD onset and disease duration.

A cohort of 109 PD patients was enrolled at the Neurology Unit of Tor Vergata University Hospital (Rome, Italy). Patients were previously diagnosed according with current diagnostic criteria and followed-up for at least 2 years to avoid misdiagnosis with atypical parkinsonism. All patients had to be contactable via e-mail and able to fill out the forms (demented and severely affected patients, as reported in clinical charts, were not included).

A standard introductive message was transmitted by e-mail or phone to explain the study. Then, a survey was sent by e-mail and returned within 1 week. The study covered the Italian lockdown period between April 20, 2020 and May 2, 2020.

The questionnaire also included motor activity habits before COVID-19 emergency: physiotherapy/rehabilitation practice, sports practice (type and weekly frequency); motor activity habits during lockdown: physiotherapy/rehabilitation practice, physical exercise practice (indoor/outdoor, type of activity); use of TBTs (specifically free web video lessons, web video course organized by institutions/associations, video games, and smartphone applications), previous experience, frequency of current use, opinion on the usefulness; use of wearable devices (eg pedometer); perception of own health during COVID-19 emergency (specifically, we asked: “Do you feel that your global health was worsened or remained stable during the lockdown?”). Three self-administered scales were also included in the survey: the International Physical Activity Questionnaires-Short Form (IPAQ–SF),7,8 a self-reported questionnaire to quantify the intensity of physical activity as metabolic equivalent (MET) min/week; the Parkinson’s Well-Being Map (PWBM), a self-reported score of motor and non-motor symptoms divided into 8 items9 to assess clinical severity; and the Beck Depression Index (BDI) to estimate depression. All responses were transformed in categorical or continuous variables as appropriate for statistical analysis.