Focus on Depression in Parkinson's Disease: A Delphi Consensus of Experts in Psychiatry, Neurology, and Geriatrics
Parkinsons Dis. 2021 Feb 8;2021:6621991. doi: 10.1155/2021/6621991. eCollection 2021.ABSTRACTMajor and minor forms of depression are significant contributors to Parkinson's disease morbidity and caregiver burden, affecting up to 50% of these patients. Nonetheless, symptoms of depression are still underrecognized and undertreated in this context due to scarcity of evidence and, consequently, consistent clinical guideline recommendations. Here, we carried out a prospective, multicentre, 2-round modified Delphi survey with 49 questions about the aetiopathological mechanisms of depression in Parkinson's disease (10), clinical features and connections with motor and nonmotor symptoms (10), diagnostic criteria (5), and therapeutic options (24). Items were assessed by a panel of 37 experts (neurologists, psychiatrists, and a geriatrist), and consensus was achieved in 81.6% of them. Depressive symptoms, enhanced by multiple patient circumstances, were considered Parkinson's disease risk factors but not clinical indicators of motor symptom and disease progression. These patients should be systematically screened for depression while ruling out both anhedonia and apathy symptoms as they are not necessarily linked to it. Clinical scales (mainly the Geriatric Depression Scale GDS-15) can help establishing the diagnosis of depression, the symptoms of which will require treatment regardless of severity. Efficacious and well-tolerated pharmacological options for Parkinson's comorbid depress...
Source: Parkinsons Disease - Category: Neurology Authors: Luis Ag üera-Ortiz Roc ío García-Ramos Francisco J Grandas P érez Jorge L ópez-Álvarez Jos é Manuel Montes Rodríguez F Javier Olazar án Rodríguez Javier Olivera Pueyo Carmelo Pelegr ín Valero Jes ús Porta-Etessam Source Type: research
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