Detecting depression in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Failure to detect depression in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) can lead to worsened outcomes for patients and caregivers. Accurate identification of depression would enable practitioners to provide comprehensive care for their patients with PD.

Methods

Our objective was to examine the diagnostic accuracy of tools for detecting depression in adult outpatients with PD. We searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and EMBASE (inception to December 1, 2015), gray literature, and bibliographies of included studies. The pooled prevalence of depression across studies and diagnostic accuracy estimates were calculated using random-effects models. Diagnostic accuracy estimates were calculated across the best-reported cutoffs from each study and across specific cutoffs, when feasibl

SUBMITTER: Goodarzi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4977107 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature