The objective of this work was to determine the predictors of @entity308 symptoms among spouse caregivers of @entity191 ( @entity191 ) @entity1 . Little is known about the strain in giving care to @entity191 @entity1 and how the motor, cognitive, and behavioral complications of @entity191 contribute to @entity308 among spouse caregivers. Forty-five consecutive @entity191 @entity1 and their spouse caregivers agreed to be evaluated after a routine clinic visit. @entity1 demographic data and the presence of @entity1833 , delusions, @entity322 , and @entity25 were obtained. The @entity1 were assessed using the Unified @entity191 Rating Scale (UPDRS-motor section), Hoehn and Yahr (H_Y) staging, and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). @entity308 symptoms were assessed using the 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17) and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) on @entity1 and spouses. Thirty @entity1 and 15 @entity1 had a mean age of 71.5 years (range 53-85), average @entity191 duration of 10 years (range 1-26), a mean "on" H_Y stage of 2.8 and an MMSE mean score of 26 (range 13-30). There was good correlation between the HAMD-17 and the BDI-II scores in both @entity1 (r = 0.69, P = 0.001) and spouses (r = 0.66, P < 0.001). A moderate correlation was noted between the spouse HAMD-17 score and the @entity1 UPDRS-motor score (r = 0.34; P = 0.02), the age of @entity191 onset (r = 0.33; P = 0.02) and @entity1 HAMD-17 scores (r= 0.29; P = 0.05). A stronger correlation was noted between spouse HAMD-17 scores and the years of @entity191 duration (r= 0.43; P = 0.003). There was a significant difference in the mean spouse HAMD-17 scores among @entity191 @entity1 with @entity25 versus those who did not (10.2 vs. 6.4; P = 0.04). However, on stepwise regression analysis, only the duration of @entity191 remained significant (adjusted r = 0.17; P = 0.003). No difference was noted with @entity1833 , delusions or @entity322 . We concluded that the duration of @entity191 appears to be the strongest predictor of @entity308 symptoms among spouse-caregivers in this small cohort.

Predictors of @entity308 symptoms among spouse caregivers in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'patient', 'Patient', 'men'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['Depressive', 'depression', 'depressive'] @entity322 :: ('MESH:D014549', 'Disease') :: ['incontinence'] @entity191 :: ('MESH:D010300', 'Disease') :: ["Parkinson's disease", "Parkinson's Disease", 'PD'] @entity1833 :: ('MESH:D006212', 'Disease') :: ['hallucinations'] @entity25 :: ('MESH:D012893', 'Disease') :: ['sleep disturbances']
@entity191 :: (MESH:D010300,Disease) :: ['Parkinson's disease']
