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Depression and anxiety among patients with Parkinson’s disease: frequency, risk factors, and impact on quality of life

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery volume 56, Article number: 116 (2020) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Depression and anxiety are non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) that are often overlooked and underrated. This study aimed to highlight the frequency and risk factors of depression and anxiety among subjects with PD.

Methods

Sixty-four patients with PD who were diagnosed according to United Kingdom Parkinson’s Disease Society (UKPDS) Brain Bank Criteria and 50 sex- and age-matched healthy control subjects are evaluated for depression and anxiety. PD severity and staging were assessed using Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and Hoehn and Yahr scale. Depression and anxiety were diagnosed using DSM-IV TR criteria and scored using Hamilton Depression and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scales (HAM-D and HAM-A). The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF was used to assess impact of depression and anxiety on quality of life.

Results

31.25% of patients with PD had depression while 40.6% of patients had anxiety disorder. Depression was higher in females and patients with history of depression and low socioeconomic status (SES). Anxiety was common in young patients and those who had history of anxiety. Overlap between depression and anxiety was recorded in 23.4%. Total UPDRS and Hoehn and Yahr scale accounted for 33.4% of variance for depression. Total UPDRS and earlier age of onset accounted for 39% of variance for anxiety. Advanced disease stage and severity were independent predictors for depression while disease severity and younger age of onset were the main predictors for anxiety. Depression and anxiety have a negative impact on the overall quality of life of PD patients especially on physical and psychosocial domains.

Conclusion

Depression and anxiety are relatively common in PD. Female gender, low SES, and history of depression were the main risk factors for developing depression. Young age and history of anxiety were risk factors for anxiety. Both had negative impact on quality of life.

Introduction

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder in which bradykinesia in combination with rest tremors, rigidity, or both is the main motor symptoms of the disease [1]. Mood disorders are the most prevalent non-motor symptoms (96.4%) of studied Egyptian patients with PD [2]. Depression and anxiety are among the most distressing neuropsychiatric symptoms of PD [3]. These symptoms represent a further burden on the patients and their caregivers [4]. These non-motor symptoms are often overlooked and do not take an adequate concern or proper treatment plan [5]. Prevalence of depression in PD exceeds that in other disabilities of the same degree [6]. The symptom overlap between depressive disorders and PD increases the difficulty of detection of depression among such patients and necessitates a high index of suspicion [7]. Psychiatric disorders in PD are likely the result of complex interactions between genetic vulnerabilities, cognitive predisposition, age-associated changes in neurobiology, and stressful events. Deficiencies in dopaminergic, serotonergic, and cholinergic networks have all been suggested to play a role in pathobiology [8,9,10]. The disease’s multisystem nature makes it difficult to identify the specific causes of neuropsychiatric disorders mainly depression and anxiety. Estimating the frequency of depression and anxiety and understanding factors of their association in PD may facilitate early detection and add future treatment strategies. In this study, we are aiming at highlighting the frequency and predictors of depression and anxiety among PD patients.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 64 patients with Parkinson’s disease from the neurology outpatient clinic of our hospitals from September 2015 to August 2016; they were compared with a group of 50 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Inclusion criteria included patients diagnosed with PD according to the United Kingdom Parkinson’s Disease Society (UKPDS) Brain Bank Criteria [11, 12], non-demented, willing to participate in the study, and able to give informed consent. Exclusion criteria included moderate to severe dementia as measured by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test with a score of < 18 for literate patients and < 16 for illiterate patients [13, 14]. Severe hearing or visual impairment or severe general medical problems (renal or liver failure as these are confounding factors related to depression). Neither the patient nor controls have been treated with antidepressant nor anxiolytic drugs. All participants provided an informed written consent. The local Ethical Committee of Qena Faculty of Medicine approved the study.

Modified Hoehn and Yahr scale [15] and Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) [16] were used for staging and detection of severity of PD, respectively. Socioeconomic scale for family was used for socioeconomic assessment [17].

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-Clinician Version (SCID-CV) [18] the Arabic form [19] was used to diagnose depression and anxiety, as well as to eliminate any clinical comorbidity in patients and controls. It has seven diagnostic modules for disorders in the axis I.

An Arabic validated version of Hamilton rating scale for depression and anxiety (HAM-D and HAM-A) was used to score the severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms [20, 21]. The cutoff point for HAM-D was 7, and above it, different grades of severity have been diagnosed [22]. The cutoff point for HAM-A was 13, and above it, clinically significant anxiety has been diagnosed [23]. Patients with “on/off” complications were assessed during “on” states according to the recommendation of Movement Disorders Society Task Force [24].

An Arabic validated version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF [25] was used to assess quality of life for all patients included in the study. It has 26 items on a 5-point Likert scale, which includes two global items about QOL and health and 24 items relating to four domains of QOL. The two general questions are about an individual’s overall perception of quality of life and health. The four domain scores are scaled in a positive direction (i.e., higher scores denote higher quality of life).

Statistical analysis

The data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0 software. Qualitative data were described in frequency using percentage (%). Continuous variables were expressed in mean ± standard deviation (SD). Comparative statistical analysis between variables was done using chi-square for qualitative data and independent t test for continuous variables. A value of P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Pearson’s rank correlation coefficients were calculated to assess the direction and magnitude of association between variables in relation to depression and anxiety. A hierarchical multivariable regression analysis was performed, with variables being entered into the model according to the magnitude of correlation.

Results

Socio-demographic characteristics

Sixty-four patients with PD were examined; the mean age ± SD was 71.8 ± 10.7 with no significant difference compared with controls (69 ± 11.3); males to females were 52 to 48%, respectively; 59.4% were from urban areas; and 57.8% were illiterate. Middle socioeconomic level was recorded in 54.7%. Fourteen percent of cases were diabetic, 20.3% were hypertensive, and 7.8% were cardiac (Table 1).

Table 1 Socio-demographic, medical history, and frequency of depression and anxiety among studied groups (patients and controls)
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Parkinson’s disease characteristics of the study subjects

The mean age ± SD of onset of PD patients was 66.2 ± 9, and the mean duration of illness was 5.8 ± 3.2. About 76.6% received specific antiparkinsonian treatment, and about 85.7% of those who received specific treatment had levodopa as their main line of treatment. The mean total UPDRS score was 86.3 ± 40.7 and for UPDRS-III was 51.5 ± 24.4. The percentage of each stage of Hoehn and Yahr staging was stage 1.5 = 10.9%, stage 2.5 = 32.8, stage 3 = 42.2%, and stage 4 = 14.1%.

Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with PD

Patients with PD had significant higher scores of depressive symptoms than the matched control group (P = 0.032). The frequency of depression among PD patients was 20 (31.25%) with 17.2% and 14.1% of those who were depressed having major and minor depression, respectively.

Similarly, patients with PD had significant higher scores of anxiety than the matched control group (P < 0.001). The frequency of anxiety disorders among patients with PD was 26 (40.6%). GAD was the most common anxiety disorders among cases (17.2%). Overlap between depression and anxiety was recorded in 23.4% (Table 1).

Socio-demographic characteristics among patients with and without depression and in those with and without anxiety

PD with depression was significantly common in those with female gender, low socioeconomic status, and past history of depression (P = 0.004, 0.004, < 0.001) compared with patients without depression, with no significant differences between them in other items. PD patients with anxiety were younger than patients without anxiety (P < 0.001) and were higher with those who had previous history of anxiety (P = 0.015) (Table 2).

Table 2 Socio-demographic, medical, and psychiatric risk factors among patients with and without depression and those with and without anxiety
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Characteristics of PD patients with depression and anxiety

PD patients with depression significantly had advanced disease stage and higher UPDRS scores especially motor symptoms (P = 0.014 and P < 0.001, respectively).

Meanwhile, the age onset of PD for patients with anxiety was younger than patients without anxiety (P < 0.001). PD patients with anxiety had significantly advanced disease stage and higher UPDRS scores especially motor (part III) than patients without anxiety (P = 0.038 and P < 0.001, respectively)

Cognitive impairment was found to be higher in depressed patients (mean MMSE = 21.5 ± 4.9) with significant difference compared to non-depressed. Details are illustrated in Table 3.

Table 3 Comparison between Parkinson’s disease patients with and without depression and those with and without anxiety in demographic and clinical criteria
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Correlation analysis results

Total UPDRS and Hoehn and Yahr scale both have significant positive correlation with HAM-D score (r = 0.576, P < 0.0001, and r = 0.359, P = 0.004 respectively), and MMSE has significant negative correlation with disease duration (r = − 302, P = 0.015).

Total UPDRS and Hoehn and Yahr staging were significantly correlated with HAM-A scale (r = 0.561, P < 0.0001, and r = 0.311, P = 0.012, respectively). Age of onset and age both have significant negative correlation with HAM-A (r = − 0.364, P = 0.003, and r = − 0.344, P = 0.005, respectively). Details are illustrated in Table 4.

Table 4 Correlation between anxiety and depression and various parametric variables
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Multiple regression analysis results

All variables which have significant correlation entered hierarchical linear regression to obtain the predictors for depression and anxiety using HAM-D and HAM-A as dependent variables.

For depression, we entered total UPDRS as the first model as it has the strongest correlation; then, we add Hoehn and Yahr scale and MMSE as the second model. UPDRS beta weight was 0.576 (t = 5.554, P < 0.0001), and according to model 1, UPDRS accounted for 32% of variance of depression (f = 30.845, adjusted R2 = 0.321). Despite the fact that Hoehn and Yahr scale in model 2 has borderline significance with beta weight 2.582 (t = 1.981, P = 0.05), it is considered in the predicted direction. The whole three variables in model 2 accounted for 33.4% of the variance for depression (f = 11.99, adjusted R2 = 0.334) which means that Hoehn and Yahr scale and MMSE have a little effect for depression prediction (Table 5).

Table 5 Hierarchical multivariable regression analysis for depression
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For anxiety, using HAM-A as dependent variable, we entered total UPDRS as the first model as it has the strongest correlation; then, we add age of onset to the second model followed by Hoehn and Yahr to the third model. Although the age variable has a strong negative correlation with HAM-A, it has a strong correlation with age of onset with variance inflation factor (VIF) at 13.433, so we removed it from the regression equation.

UPDRS in model 1 has beta weight 0.561 (t = 5.339, P < 0.001), and it is accounted for 30% of variance for anxiety (f = 28.503, the adjusted R2 = 0.304). Age of onset at model 2 has beta weight 0.317 (t = 3.218, P = 0.002) with about 9% change in adjusted R2 level (f = 21.578, adjusted R2 = 0.39), although Hoehn and Yahr has a good correlation but insignificant prediction to anxiety (P > 0.05) (Table 6).

Table 6 Hierarchical multivariable regression analysis for anxiety
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Impact of depression and anxiety on quality of life

The physical, psychological, and environmental QOL assessed by WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was significantly worse in PD patients with depression than PD patients without depression especially in physical and psychological domains (P < 0.001). Also, physical and psychological QOL was significantly worse in PD patients with anxiety than PD patients without anxiety (P < 0.001) (Table 7).

Table 7 Impact of depression and anxiety in Parkinson’s disease patients on quality of life
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There was a significant negative correlation between overall QOL and HAM-D scale (r = − 0.617, P < 0.0001) and HAM-A scale (r = − 0.452, P < 0.0001); Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the relation between them.

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Correlation between overall QOL and HAM-D scale. Significant moderate negative correlation between overall QOL and HAM-D scale, r = − 0.617, P < 0001

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Fig. 2
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Correlation between overall QOL and HAM-A scale. Significant weak negative correlation between overall QOL and HAM-A scale, r = − 0.452, P < 0001

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Discussion

Depression and anxiety are the most disabling non-motor symptoms in PD patients that have impact on quality of life and affect the global outcome of illness. The present study evaluated anxiety and depression in PD patients using semi-structured scales.

Nearly 31% of patients met the DSM-IV criteria for at least one depressive disorder. Forty-one percent of patients met the DSM-IV criteria for at least one anxiety disorder. In two recent Egyptian studies, Shalash and colleagues [26] studied non-motor symptoms in 97 PD patients using BDI-score and found depression frequency at 76.7%. On the other hand, Ragab and colleagues found the prevalence at 47.5% [27]. Across literature, several studies [7, 28,29,30,31] found the prevalence of depression in PD was ranging from 32.6 to 41%. A systematic review conducted by Reijnders et al. reported that 17% and 22% of PD patients had MDD and minor depression, respectively [32]. van der Hoek et al. reported that among 256 patients with PD, minor depression and major depression were diagnosed in 36.3% and 12.9% of the subjects, respectively, according to BDI-score, with higher prevalence in the more advanced stages of illness with no difference between males and females [33]. This variability of findings may be attributed to the use of different methodologies, size of samples, and genetic variability of study populations.

In the present study, out of patients with anxiety disorders, 69.2% had mild anxiety while the other 30.8% had moderate to severe anxiety according to HAM-A score, and GAD was the most common anxiety diagnosed. This is in line with prevalence of anxiety among patients with PD by Broen et al. and Leentjens et al. ranging from 24.5 to 46.7 with GAD as the most common single disorder and 31.1% having mixed anxiety disorder [34, 35]. In Egypt, Ragab and colleagues report anxiety prevalence around 30% [27], while in Spain and France the prevalence was 68.7% and 51%, respectively [30, 31]. On the other hand, a Chinese study found the prevalence was much lower than others around 25.8% [36].

In the current study, female gender was a risk factor for depression but not for anxiety. Many previous studies showed a significant higher prevalence of depression among female patients with PD [30, 37, 38]. This may be because males are unwilling to exhibit depression, but biological origin rather than psychosocial factors may be the cause. However, other studies did not find any association with gender [39, 40].

Contrary to gender, the present study showed increased prevalence of anxiety among younger PD patients consistent with Zhu and coworkers [41] which may be explained by the fact that the work, financial burden, and care of children are more evident in the younger patients which may be the source of stress and anxiety. However, the mean age in the current study was 71.8 (± 10.7) with a narrow range of ages that makes findings unreliable and further studies comparing young onset and late onset PD are needed.

Previous literatures showed conflicting findings with respect to relationship between age and depression; in some, the older patients were more liable [35, 41, 42] while in others the younger were more depressed [43,44,45,46,47], while many other studies did not confirm any association [48].

In the current study, low socioeconomic status and severity of illness were positively correlated to increased rates of depression. This is feasible with respect to poor quality of life, dependence on others, restricted daily activities, hindering financial burden and inability to cope with regular medical follow-up and costly treatments, etc. This was consistent with the studies of Herath and colleagues and Worku and colleagues [49, 50], where the low SES was a risk factor for depression among patients with PD.

In the current study, PD characteristics were studied as predictors for depression and anxiety. Duration of illness and type and duration of treatment did not show any relationship with prevalence of depression or anxiety. Some studies reported more depression in PD patients with longer duration of illness [40, 47] while others showed no relationship [48]. In the present study, the severity of motor symptoms of PD according to UPDRS scoring was positively correlated to both depression and anxiety which could be explained by the increased physical disability, the increased burden of higher dosages of medications, and the need for caregiver; actually, the relationship between depression and motor disability is bimodal, as more severe disability was considered as a risk factor for developing depression in PD patients [43]; on the other hand, depression itself increases the motor disability of PD patients hence more levodopa doses [51].

Our results were consistent with previous literatures [47, 51,52,53], while other studies did not find such relationship [54]. Supporting this result, a higher stage of illness according to Hoehn and Yahr staging was positively correlated to both depression and anxiety which was consistent with previous literature [47, 52, 55]. Motor disability, gait disturbance, bed restriction, and non-motor symptoms in late stages of PD predispose to increased risk of depression.

In the current study, previous history of depression or anxiety increased the risk of depression and anxiety, respectively, in patients with PD. Previous studies had supported such finding [56,57,58,59].

Of particular interest, PD patients with depression have more cognitive impairment compared with non-depressed patients. There is a complex relationship between cognitive function in one the hand and depression in the other hand with bidirectional implications; depression can lead to worsening cognitive performance, but cognitive impairment is considered as a risk factor for future development of depression [30, 37, 41]. Meanwhile, depressive and anxiety symptoms are also a risk factor for cognitive decline. We found that depressed PD patients had higher potential to have memory problems compared with non-depressed patients. Similar previous studies have found that PD patients with depressive symptoms tended to have lower cognitive function [31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60].

We did not find significant relationship between anxiety and cognition. The relationship between anxiety in PD and cognition is unclear. Some studies have reported a correlation between anxiety symptoms and cognitive dysfunction [61, 62]. On the other hand, Burn and colleagues [63] reported that cognitive impairment was a significant predictor of depression but not anxiety. Further studies are needed to clarify the relationships between anxiety, depression, and cognitive function in PD.

The current study found both depression and anxiety scores had a significant negative correlation with the QOL scores. Our results were consistent with Shalash and colleagues [26] as they found depression was the primary predictor of QOL impairment in Egyptian patients. The finding is in line with other studies [30, 52, 64] which found that the impact of PD on the QOL measures is independently influenced by non-motor disease aspects. Recent systematic review found that nineteen out of 29 studies confirmed depression is the most important predictor of overall quality of life [65]. Depression impacts the quality of life by direct and indirect effect by impairment of activity of daily living which in turn affects quality of life [66].

Similar studies have demonstrated a correlation between anxiety and QOL in patients with PD [30, 67]. Hanna and Quelhas [67, 68] reported that symptoms of anxiety, more so than depression, cognitive status, or motor stage, significantly affected QOL among 38 non-demented patients with mild to moderate motor disability and that anxiety had a stronger impact on QOL in comparison to depression, although anxiety and depression were similarly associated with QOL in the present study.

Psychiatric disorders in PD like depression and anxiety have a major impact on quality of life even in early stages of disease compared to the later stages [69, 70]. This proves that depression and anxiety are not a reactive response to the disability but an integral part of PD spectrum.

Limitations

Main limitations of this study were the relatively small sample size and lack of follow-up of those patients. Larger cohort studies with follow-up are needed to explore variability of psychiatric disorders over time.

Conclusions

The frequency of depression and anxiety was high which was nearly similar to other literature findings. Those with female gender and low socioeconomic status were more vulnerable to be depressed. Anxiety was recorded more in young ages. Both depression and anxiety cause impairment of quality of life of PD patients in a similar manner.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author reasonable on request.

Abbreviations

PD:

Parkinson’s disease

UKPDS:

United Kingdom Parkinson’s Disease Society

UPDRS:

Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale

DSM-IV TR:

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition revised

HAM-D:

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

HAM-A:

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale

WHOQOL-BREF:

The World Health Organization Quality of Life

SES:

Socioeconomic status

MMSE:

Mini-Mental State Examination

VIF:

Variance inflation factor

GAD:

Generalized anxiety disorder

QOL:

Quality of life

MDD:

Major depressive disorder

BDI-score:

Beck depression inventory score

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Khedr, E.M., Abdelrahman, A.A., Elserogy, Y. et al. Depression and anxiety among patients with Parkinson’s disease: frequency, risk factors, and impact on quality of life. Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg 56, 116 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-020-00253-5

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