The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical correlates of apathy and depression in Parkinson disease (PD), and to clarify whether apathy can be dissociated from depression. One hundred fifty patients with PD completed the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II), Starkstein's Apathy Scale (AS), and a quality of life (QOL) battery. Hoehn and Yahr (HY) staging, the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were performed on the same day. Apathy (AS score > or = 16) was diagnosed in 60% of patients and depression (BDI-II score > or = 14) in 56%. Apathy coexisted with depression in 43% of patients, compared with depression without apathy in 13% and apathy without depression in 17%. Apathy scale score was significantly correlated with UPDRS scores, HY stage, and age, whereas BDI-II score was correlated only with UPDRS scores. Both AS and BDI-II scores were negatively correlated with QOL. However, multiple regression analysis revealed that depression was strongly and negatively associated with emotional well-being and communication, whereas apathy was mainly associated with cognition and stigma. These findings suggest that apathy and depression may be separable in PD, although both are common in patients with PD and are associated with QOL.

Objective To investigate the prevalence and clinical correlates of anxiety and depression in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and to examine the relationship between anxiety and depression and the quality of life (QOL). Methods One hundred and seventeen patients with PD completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II), Starkstein's Apathy Scale (AS) and QOL battery. Hoehn and Yahr (HY) staging, the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were administered on the same day. Results Anxiety (STAI score ! 41 for men or ! 42 for women) was diagnosed in 55% of the patients and depression (BDI-II score ! 14) was diagnosed in 56% of the patients. Anxiety coexisted with depression in 41% of the patients, while depression without anxiety was observed in 15% of the patients and anxiety without depression was observed in 14% of the patients. The STAI score was found to be significantly correlated with the UPDRS (I, IVC) and AS scores, whereas the BDI-II score was found to correlate with the HY stage and the UPDRS (I, III, IVB, C) and AS scores. Both the STAI and BDI-II scores were found to negatively correlate with QOL. A multivariate analysis revealed that depression and anxiety are similarly associated with the PD specific QOL (PDQ-39), while motor severity, as judged by the HY stage and UPDRS III score, is not. Conclusion These findings indicate that recognizing anxiety and depression in patients with PD is important, since both conditions are commonly observed in patients with PD and are similarly associated with the QOL, independent of motor severity.

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