Early-onset Parkinson’s disease and depression

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Title: Early-onset Parkinson’s disease and depression
Author: Bertucci Filho, Délcio Caran; Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni; Werneck, Lineu César
Abstract: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in whom symptoms start before the age of 45 years (EOPD) present different clinical characteristics from those with the late-onset form of the disease. The incidence of depression is believed to be greater in patients with EOPD than with the late-onset form of the disease, although there is no risk factor or marker for depression in patients with PD. We studied 45 patients with EOPD to define the frequency of depression and to identify possible differences between the groups with and without depression. Depression was diagnosed in 16 (35.5%) of the patients, a high-er incidence than in the population at large but similar to the figure for late-onset Parkinson disease; 8 (50%) of the patients had mild depression, 4 (25%) moderate depression and 4 (25%) were in remission. There was no relationship between depression and any of the clinical characteristics of the disease, although the EOPD patients with depression presented earlier levodopa-related complications and were more affect-ed on the Hoehn-Yahr, UPDRS and Schwab-England scales.Os pacientes com doença de Parkinson (DP) cujo início dos sintomas ocorre até os 45 anos (DPIP), apresentam características clínicas que a diferem da doença de início tardio. Estudos têm sugerido que pacientes com DPIP têm maior incidência de depressão quando comparados aos de início tardio, mas sem definição de algum marcador específico da doença para depressão. Estudamos 45 pacientes com DPIP, para definir a freqüência da depressão e verificar possíveis diferenças entre os grupos com e sem depressão. A depressão foi diagnosticada em 16 (35.5%) pacientes estando acima da média da população geral, porém semelhante aos índices relatados pelos estudos de pacientes com DP de início tardio; 8 (50%) pacientes tinham depressão leve, 4 (25%) moderada e 4 (25%) estavam em remissão.Não houve relação da depressão com nenhuma das características clínicas da doença, embora apresentem complicações mais precoces da levodopaterapia, e sejam mais afetados nas escalas de Hoehn-Yahr, UPDRS e Schwab-England.
URI: http://ri.uepg.br:8080/riuepg//handle/123456789/435
Date: 2007-03


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