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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of Parkinson's disease (PD) are of growing diagnostic and therapeutic importance. Data on their prevalence and characteristics have been primarily derived from highly selective clinical populations. We have conducted a national study in the outpatient care sector to provide a fuller characterization of the frequency of dementia, depression, and other NPS in PD outpatients. We also examined associations with biosocial and neurological variables. A nationwide representative sample of 1,449 PD outpatients was examined with a standardized clinical interview. PD severity was rated with the Hoehn and Yahr (HY) scale and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. Depression was measured with the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale. Cognitive impairment and dementia were assessed with the Mini-Mental State Exam and according to diagnostic criteria. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate associations. At least one NPS occurred in 71% of all patients with PD. The estimated prevalences (ranges) by age group and HY-stage were: depression, 25% (13.2-47.9%), dementia, 29% (12.2-59.4%), and psychotic syndromes, 12.7% (3.1-40.9%). Other frequent complications were sleep disturbances (49%) and anxiety (20%). Depression was associated with gender but not with age. Dementia was associated with age. The rates and comorbidity of depression and dementia were driven by PD severity. NPS were highly prevalent in our comprehensive patient sample, largely representative of management problems occurring in an outpatient setting. PD outpatients are at an increased risk for all neuropsychiatric conditions, increasing with PD severity but not with age or age of onset (except dementia), revealing challenging symptom patterns.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1432-1459
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
257
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1073-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequency of dementia, depression, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms in 1,449 outpatients with Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden, Chemnitzer Strasse 46, Dresden, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't