title: Recognition and treatment of depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease: the NPF dataset.
abstract: Depression is a major determinant of Health Related Quality of Life in PD, but there is limited data on physician recognition of depression and treatment efficacy. We used data obtained from the QII dataset of the National Parkinson's Foundation database to determine whether there was an association between depressive symptoms and utilization of antidepressants and/or mental health services (MHS) in a large cohort of PD patients. We found that prevalence of depressive symptoms remained high in the PD population despite improved physician recognition and treatment initiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bega
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Sam S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Qinglin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.affiliation: Research and Professional Programs, National Parkinson Foundation, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simuni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D066264:Datasets as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents
keywords: NPF; Parkinson's disease; depression