| Literature DB >> 17702629 |
Fumio Kanda1, Kenichi Oishi, Kenji Sekiguchi, Atsushi Kuga, Hiroshi Kobessho, Toshihiko Shirafuji, Masatsugu Higuchi, Hiroyuki Ishihara.
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to elucidate characteristics of depression in Parkinson's disease (PD). Fifty-eight PD patients were evaluated with Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). Scores for "suicidal ideation" on the SDS correlated with posture and gait disturbances on the UPDRS. Twenty-six patients with spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) were also evaluated with the SDS. SDS scores for "indecisiveness" and "constipation" were significantly higher in PD patients than SCD patients. Our results suggest that depression is common in disabled persons but PD patients might have a characteristic clinical presentation.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17702629 DOI： 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.05.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parkinsonism Relat Disord ISSN： 1353-8020 Impact factor: 4.891