Review Article

The Role of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Patients with Depression in Parkinson's Disease

Table 1

Summary of studies reviewed focusing on CBT for patients with PD and depression.

StudySample sizeInterventionDeliveryOutcome measures

Dreisig et al. [25]*79 PD: 9 CBT; 70 controlSelf-help & tailored CBTAuthor (trained)Psychological Profile Questionnaire, SDS
Dobkin et al. [26]15 PD; 15 caregiversTailored CBT & caregiver programClinical psychologistHAM-D, BDI, IQ, STAI, AIFQ
Farabaugh et al. [27]8 PDIndividual CBT treatmentAuthor (trained)HAM-D
Veazey et al. [28]*10 PD; randomized into CBT group or support group (control)Telephone-administered CBTAuthor (trained)MMSE, PHQ-9, BAI, PDQ-39, SCID
Leroi and King [29]8 PDIndividual CBT treatmentConsultant clinical psychologistGAS, unreported scales
Simons et al. [30]22 PD; 14 CaregiverEducational program with CBT elementsNot reportedSDS, PDQ39, participant evaluation
A’Campo et al. [31]64 PD; 46 CaregiverEducational program with CBT elementsNot reportedDutch version of PDQ-39 and EQ-5D, SDS, VAS
Macht el al. [32]151 PDEducational program with CBT elementsAuthor (trained)Patients’ ratings of the comprehensibility and feasibility of the programme as well as mood ratings before and after each session
Cole and Vaughan [33]5 PDCBTAuthor (trained)BDI-II, GDS15, PDQL
Feeney et al. [34]4 PDCBTNot reportedBDI-II
Dobkin et al. [35]3 PD; 3 caregiversTailored CBT & caregiver programNot reportedHAM-D, BDI, IQ, STAI, AIFQ
Macht et al. [36]3 PDTailored CBTAuthor (trained)Clinician's Assessment
Fitzpatrick et al. [37]12 PD MBCTAuthorNot formal outcome measures; Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Gupta and Bhatia [38]1 PDCBTAuthor (trained)Clinician's Assessment
Laidlaw et al. [39]1 PDCBTAuthor (trained)Clinician's Assessment

*Studies with a control group.
AIFQ: Adaptive Inferential Feedback Questionnaire; BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; CBT: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; CES-D: Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; GAS: Global Assessment Scale; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; HAM-D: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; HRQL: Health Related Quality of Life; IQ: Inference Questionnaire; MBCT: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy; MMSE: Mini-mental State Examination; PD: Parkinson's Disease; PDQL: Parkinson’s Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire; PDQ39: Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire 39; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SCID: Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; SDS: Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale; STAI: Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale.