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. 2005 Jun 28;64(12):2134-5.
doi: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000165958.12724.0D.

Depression is associated with impairment of ADL, not motor function in Parkinson disease

Suzanne Holroyd  1 , Lillian J Currie, G Frederick Wooten
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Depression is associated with impairment of ADL, not motor function in Parkinson disease

Suzanne Holroyd et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Depression was diagnosed in 15% of 100 consecutive patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Depression was associated with lower cognition, history of depression, and a higher Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale score. The latter was due to differences in the activities of daily living (ADL) subscale (17 +/- 7 vs 12 +/- 6; p = 0.004) rather than the motor subscale (30 +/- 13 vs 26 +/- 13; p = 0.27). These results suggest that ADL impairment may in part be due to depression. Patients with PD with poor function should be closely evaluated for depression.

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