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The Impact of Depression Symptoms in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: A Novel Case-Control Investigation.

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18273
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052369
Full text access: http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17482

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2021-03-01

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Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease and it is known to cause motor disturbances associated with musculoskeletal problems of the locomotor apparatus, and non-motor symptoms, that are believed to have a harmful effect on health, social functioning and mobility. The aim of this study was to evaluate depression in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) compared to subjects who do not have it. The sample consisted of 124 participants (mean age 69.18 ± 9.12). Patients with PD were recruited from a center of excellence for Parkinson's disease (cases n = 62) and healthy subjects without PD from their relatives and caregivers (control n = 62). The Spanish version of Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) scores and categories were collected. A clear statistically significant difference (p

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Parkinson disease beck depression inventory depression

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Aged Caregivers Case-Control Studies Depression Humans Middle Aged Neurodegenerative Diseases Parkinson Disease

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IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina (Andalucía)

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