A Comparison of Depression Screening Tools in Parkinson’s Disease and Normal Community Controls Using a Brain and Body Donation Database

Rosen, Amanda

dc.contributor.author	Rosen, Amanda
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-01T15:03:12Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-01T15:03:12Z
dc.date.issued	2012-05-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/221349
dc.description	A Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.	en
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to review and compare a variety of depression inventories in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and normal controls (NC) to look for patterns or trends to help with clinical management of these patients. The study population consisted of subjects enrolled in a brain and body donation program who were receiving annual neurological and neuropsychiatric assessments. Statistical models were applied to the data to compare trends between screening tools, medications, and demographics. The frequency of depression was greater in PD cases than NC across the inventories. The greatest frequency of positive screens came from the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Because the NPI requires an informant to administer, and had the highest percent of positive screens in both PD and NC groups, this study suggests that a caregiver or partner may be a helpful addition in clinical practice during depression screening in elderly patients with and without PD.
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	The University of Arizona.	en_US
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dc.subject	Screening Tool	en
dc.subject.mesh	Parkinson Disease	en
dc.subject.mesh	Depression	en
dc.subject.mesh	Tissue and Organ Procurement	en
dc.title	A Comparison of Depression Screening Tools in Parkinson’s Disease and Normal Community Controls Using a Brain and Body Donation Database	en_US
dc.type	text; Electronic Thesis	en
dc.contributor.department	The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix	en
dc.description.collectioninformation	This item is part of the College of Medicine - Phoenix Scholarly Projects 2012 collection. For more information, contact the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library at pbc-library@email.arizona.edu.	en_US
dc.contributor.mentor	Shill, Holly	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-18T11:36:08Z
html.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to review and compare a variety of depression inventories in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and normal controls (NC) to look for patterns or trends to help with clinical management of these patients. The study population consisted of subjects enrolled in a brain and body donation program who were receiving annual neurological and neuropsychiatric assessments. Statistical models were applied to the data to compare trends between screening tools, medications, and demographics. The frequency of depression was greater in PD cases than NC across the inventories. The greatest frequency of positive screens came from the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Because the NPI requires an informant to administer, and had the highest percent of positive screens in both PD and NC groups, this study suggests that a caregiver or partner may be a helpful addition in clinical practice during depression screening in elderly patients with and without PD.