@article{article_315605, title={The Assessment of Apathy Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease Patients without Dementia and Depression}, journal={The Journal of Kırıkkale University Faculty of Medicine}, volume={19}, pages={84–90}, year={2017}, DOI={10.24938/kutfd.315605}, author={Gültekin, Murat and Ekinci, Ayten}, keywords={Parkinson hastalığı,apati,günlük yaşam aktivitesi}, abstract={<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Introduction: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">The prevalance of apathy in Parkinson’s
Disease (PD) patients has been reported to range between 7 % to 70 % in
previous studies. This variability originates from the use of different
criterias for determining apathy. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;color:#221E1F;"> The aim of this study
was to evaluate </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">apathy symptoms </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;color:#221E1F;">in idiopathic PD patients without dementia and depression. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Material and Methods: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;color:#221E1F;">Eighty-seven patients without dementia
and depression were included in this study. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Apathy
Evaluation Scale (AES) score and other tests were used Patients were classified
according to Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) stages. Patients who were in H&Y
stage 1-2.5 were classified as group 1 and patients who were in H&Y stage
3-5 were classified as group 2. The groups were compared accordingly. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;color:#221E1F;">  </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;">Results: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;color:#221E1F;">The mean age of the patients was 61.8. Apathy was
found in 75.9 % of the patients. Also, the AES test mean score was
significantly higher in PD patients in group 2 (93.1%). We showed that PD
patients without dementia and depression have a high apathy score. </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#241F20;">Apathy is a common condition
in patients with PD and is associated with </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">a reduction in the performance of daily activities </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;color:#241F20;">. Thus, every patient with PD should be questioned
about apathy symptoms before </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">treatment
is prescribed. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Kırıkkale Üniversitesi}