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

Table 3

Section III: diagnosis of depression in PD patients.

Statement		Consensus agreement	Consensus disagreement	No consensus
S21	Depression is a PD progression symptom.		✗
S22	Depression scales such as Beck, Hamilton, Montgomery, GDS, or UPDRS scales are needed to identify depressive symptoms in PD patients.		✗
S23	Clinical features of depression in PD differ between men and women.			-
S24	Anhedonia can be observed in PD patients, and it may not be associated with depressive symptoms.	✓
S25	Symptoms of depression in PD patients do not require treatment except in the presence of a major depressive disorder diagnosis.		✗

PD, Parkinson’s disease; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; UPDRS, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale.