Eleonora Del Prete

Dr. Eleonora Del Prete

Clinical and Experimental Medicine Department, Neurology Unit, University of Pisa, Italy

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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CECamilla Elefante
Camilla Elefante
Giulio Emilio BrancatiGiulio Emilio Brancati
Giulio Emilio Brancati
SBSilvia Bacciardi
Silvia Bacciardi
SMSonia Mazzucchi
Sonia Mazzucchi
EPEleonora Del Prete
Eleonora Del Prete
Giulio PerugiGiulio Perugi
Giulio Perugi
Mood and anxiety disorders are the most common neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence of lifetime and current anxiety disorders in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), to explore possible distinctive neurological and psychiatric features associated with such comorbidity. One hundred patients were consecutively recruited at the Movement Disorders Section of the Neurological Outpatient Clinic of the University of Pisa. According to the MINI-Plus 5.0.0, 41 subjects were diagnosed with lifetime anxiety disorder (22 with panic disorder) and 26 were diagnosed with current anxiety disorders. Patients with anxiety disorders were more frequently characterized by psychiatric symptoms preceding PD, lifetime major depression and antidepressant treatments. They showed more anxious temperamental traits and scored higher at Parkinson Anxiety Scale (PAS) and persistent anxiety subscale. Current anxiety disorders were associated with more severe psychopathology, depressive symptomatology, and avoidant behavior. Among anxiety subtypes, patients with lifetime panic disorder showed higher rates of psychiatric symptoms before PD, lifetime unipolar depression, current psychiatric treatment, and a more severe psychopathology. Given the overall high impact of anxiety on patients’ quality of life, clinicians should not underestimate the extent of different anxiety dimensions in PD.

8 July 2015 in Neurological Sciences
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EPEleonora Del Prete
Eleonora Del Prete
CPC. Pizzanelli
C. Pizzanelli
PMP. Moretti
P. Moretti
MCMirco Cosottini
Mirco Cosottini
UBUbaldo Bonuccelli
Ubaldo Bonuccelli