Validity of a Self-Rated Method to Identify a Lifetime History of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease
Author(s)
Dissanayaka, Nadeeka NW
Sellebach, Annabelle N
Matheson, Sally
Marsh, Rodney
O'Sullivan, John D
Silburn, Peter A
Byrne, Gerard J
Mellick, George D
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2009
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Defining depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging, given the overlap of symptoms between parkinsonism and depression. We recently reported on the validity of two self‐rated depression rating scales in PD.1 These rating scales are useful to identify current depressive status in PD patients, but by themselves, do not identify a lifetime history of depression. We have recently extended our original work, and here we report and validate a self‐rated method to dichotomise PD patients according to their lifetime history of depression. This method can be used in risk factor studies to obtain two extreme groups of ‘ever’ ...
View more >Defining depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging, given the overlap of symptoms between parkinsonism and depression. We recently reported on the validity of two self‐rated depression rating scales in PD.1 These rating scales are useful to identify current depressive status in PD patients, but by themselves, do not identify a lifetime history of depression. We have recently extended our original work, and here we report and validate a self‐rated method to dichotomise PD patients according to their lifetime history of depression. This method can be used in risk factor studies to obtain two extreme groups of ‘ever’ and ‘never’ depressed; as illustrated in our recent genetic study.2
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View more >Defining depression in Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging, given the overlap of symptoms between parkinsonism and depression. We recently reported on the validity of two self‐rated depression rating scales in PD.1 These rating scales are useful to identify current depressive status in PD patients, but by themselves, do not identify a lifetime history of depression. We have recently extended our original work, and here we report and validate a self‐rated method to dichotomise PD patients according to their lifetime history of depression. This method can be used in risk factor studies to obtain two extreme groups of ‘ever’ and ‘never’ depressed; as illustrated in our recent genetic study.2
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Journal Title
Movement Disorders
Volume
24
Issue
16
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© 2009 Movement Disorders Society. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by the Movement Disorders Society. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author for more information.
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Clinical sciences
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Sports science and exercise
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Neurosciences