Focus on Depression in Parkinson’s Disease: A Delphi Consensus of Experts in Psychiatry, Neurology, and Geriatrics

Table 2

Section II: clinical presentation of depression in PD patients.

Statement		Consensus agreement	Consensus disagreement	No consensus
S11	Up to one-third of PD patients have clinically relevant symptoms of depression.	✓
S12	Systematic assessment of PD-related depression is needed due to its high prevalence.	✓
S13	Anxiety is a very frequent symptom in PD.	✓
S14	Anxiety may be related to treatment of PD.	✓
S15	Depression in PD increases the risk of cognitive symptoms.	✓
S16	In PD, apathy and depression require differential diagnosis.	✓
S17	In patients with depression and PD comorbidities, depressive signs and symptoms and motor deficit intensities are not correlated.	✓
S18	Symptoms such as hopelessness, sad mood, or suicidal thoughts are keys for the diagnosis of PD-related depression.	✓
S19	Apathy in PD is not characterized by hopelessness, sad mood, or suicidal thoughts.	✓
S20	Patients with depression and PD comorbidities can present both dysphoric (irritable) and sad mood.	✓

PD, Parkinson’s disease.