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December 8, 2025Journal of Neural TransmissionOpen Access

Methods to detect anxiety in Parkinsons’ disease

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ASAnette SchragRLRuby Lyall

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Analysis demonstrates anxiety prevalence in Parkinson’s disease, highlighting importance of standardised assessments.

Key Points

  • 85% of participants reported anxiety, contrasting with only 19.7% having a previous diagnosis.
  • Standardised scales like the PAS and GAD7 showed greater agreement in identifying anxiety than self-reports.
  • Participants' anxiety levels significantly correlated with lower health-related quality of life as measured by PDQ-39 scores.
  • Findings suggest aligning anxiety cut-offs across different instruments may enhance research comparability.

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Schrag et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693624ad4fa91c937236c543https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-025-03068-x
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