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Impact of Parkinsonism comorbid depression on cognitive functions

Research Abstract
Background
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disabling disease and involves about 1–3% of the worldwide population over the age of 60. A significant prevalence of psychopathological symptoms has been recorded as most patients with PD developed over their disease course neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, psychosis, and cognitive and behavioral abnormalities. These non-motor symptoms, which could appear decades before motor ones, become disturbing symptoms during the later phases of the disease. Hence, the current research aims to study depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients. Thirty-six patients with Parkinson’s disease aged from 40 to 65 years (20 males and 16 females) and 36 age and sex-matched controls (19 males and 17 females) were included in the study. Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale …
Research Authors
Ghaydaa A Shehata, Hassan M Farweez, Anwar M Ali, Huda S Hassan, Amal M Tohamy, Mohamed Mostafa, Mostafa A Ibrahim, Khaled Tarek, Asmaa Ahmed Elrashedy, Ramy Abdelnaby, Mohamed Elsayed, Dina Elsayed Gaber
Research Date
Research Journal
The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Research Pages
Pages 37
Research Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Research Vol
Volume 60 Issue 1
Research Website
https://scholar.google.com.eg/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=7996670340842538608&btnI=1&hl=en
Research Year
2024