OBJECTIVES: Patients with Parkinson's disease often experience significant decline in verbal fluency over time; however, deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is also associated with post-surgical declines in verbal fluency. The purpose of this study was to determine if Parkinson's patients who have undergone bilateral STN-DBS have greater impairment in verbal fluency compared to Parkinson's patients treated by medication only. METHODS: A literature search yielded over 140 articles and 10 articles met inclusion criteria. A total of 439 patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent bilateral STN-DBS and 392 non-surgical patients were included. Cohen's d, a measure of effect size, was calculated using a random effects model to compare post-treatment verbal fluency in patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent STN-DBS versus those in the non-surgical comparison group. RESULTS: The random effects model demonstrated a medium effect size for letter fluency (d=-0.47) and a small effect size for category fluency (d=-0.31), indicating individuals with bilateral STN-DBS had significantly worse verbal fluency performance than the non-surgical comparison group. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with Parkinson's disease who have undergone bilateral STN-DBS experience greater deficits in letter and category verbal fluency compared to a non-surgical group.
OBJECTIVES:Patients with Parkinson's disease often experience significant decline in verbal fluency over time; however, deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is also associated with post-surgical declines in verbal fluency. The purpose of this study was to determine if Parkinson'spatients who have undergone bilateral STN-DBS have greater impairment in verbal fluency compared to Parkinson'spatients treated by medication only. METHODS: A literature search yielded over 140 articles and 10 articles met inclusion criteria. A total of 439 patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent bilateral STN-DBS and 392 non-surgical patients were included. Cohen's d, a measure of effect size, was calculated using a random effects model to compare post-treatment verbal fluency in patients with Parkinson's disease who underwent STN-DBS versus those in the non-surgical comparison group. RESULTS: The random effects model demonstrated a medium effect size for letter fluency (d=-0.47) and a small effect size for category fluency (d=-0.31), indicating individuals with bilateral STN-DBS had significantly worse verbal fluency performance than the non-surgical comparison group. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with Parkinson's disease who have undergone bilateral STN-DBS experience greater deficits in letter and category verbal fluency compared to a non-surgical group.
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Category fluency; DBS; Disease comparison group; Letter fluency; Movement disorders; STN
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