《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2021, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 719-723.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2021.06.014

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Risk Factors of Apathy in Parkinson's Disease

Xin LIU1,Zhi-ke YIN1,Tao FENG1,3,Yong-mei DENG1,Yue-ying ZHAO1,Ke DONG1,Chun-xue WANG2,4(),Hui-zi MA1,4()   

  1. 1.Department of Movement Disorders, Center for Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China
    2.Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology and Clinical Psychology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China
    3.Parkinson's Disease Center, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorder, Beijing 100070, China
    4.China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Disease, Beijing 100070, China
  • Received:2020-07-21 Revised:2021-05-11 Published:2021-06-25 Online:2021-06-21
  • Contact: Chun-xue WANG,Hui-zi MA E-mail:snowsen@126.com;mahuizi1127@126.com
  • Supported by:
    National Key R & D Program of China(2016YFC1306501);Beijing Municipal Hospital Scientific Research and Cultivation Project(PX2020020);Youth Research Fund of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University(2018-YQN-33)

Abstract: Objective

To study the prevalence and related factors of apathy in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods

From November, 2017 to December, 2019, 254 PD patients in our hospital were included. According to Starkstein Apathy Scale (SAS), they were divided into apathy group and non-apathy group. Clinical data such as demographic data, motor symptoms, non-motor symptoms and motor complications were collected for comparison between two groups. Logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the risk factors of apathy in PD.

Results

Among 254 PD patients, 124 (48.8%) cases were in apathy. Compared with non-apathy group, apathy group was older in age and age of onset, higher in the scores of Movement Disorder Society United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part III (MDS-UPDRS Ⅲ), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (t > 2.291, P < 0.05), and lower in the scores of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (t > 22.424, P < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in gender, time of education, body mass index (BMI), disease course, Hoehn-Yahr (H-Y) stage, wearing-off phenomenon, dyskinesia, on-and-off phenomenon, and the scores of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Screening Questionnaire (RBDQ) and Epworth Sleeping Scale (ESS) between two groups (P > 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that the age of disease onset, MoCA and HAMD scores were correlated with apathy in patients with PD (P < 0.05).

Conclusion

The presence of apathy in PD may be associated with older age of disease onset, severity of depression and cognitive impairment.

Key words: Parkinson's disease, apathy, depression, cognition impairment

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