Frequency of depression amongst patients with Parkinson disease at tertiary care hospital of Quetta

Abstract

Background: Depression and anxiety are frequent mood problems associated with Parkinson disease (PD). The occurrence of mood disorders has, however, only been the subject of a small number of investigations. Objective: To assess the frequency of Depression amongst patients with Parkinson disease at tertiary care hospital of Quetta. Methodology: The current cross sectional study was carried out Balochistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Bolan Medical Complex Hospital Quetta from December 2019 to December 2020. All those individuals were selected for study which has confirmed PD diagnosed by one or more than single Neurophysicians. A standard and well-defined questionnaire was used and then score was assigned using Beck Depression inventory- II (BDI-II) to depression evidences. The SPSS version 24.0 was used to input and analyze the data. Results: In our study, totally 40 patients were enrolled. The male patients were 36 (90%) while female patients were 4 (10%). The mean age (SD) in our study was 52 (11.6) years.