Depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Preliminary results of the cohort study

• DOI: 10.52692/1857-0011.2022.3-74.16
• Publication Date: 2023-02-27T20:21:55Z
• Authors: Lilia Rotaru; Olga Gavriliuc; Oxana Grosu
• Keywords: Apathy; Depression

Depression is one of the most common psychological disorders in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The diagnosis depression PD difficult because many physical symptoms associated (e.g., change sleep) may be due to itself, and sometimes depressive can confused such as bradykinesia, apathy, or cognitive decline. In this study we assessed 102 BP, presence was detected 55% patients, being more higher severity.