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Association of caregiver depression risk with patient outcomes in Parkinson disease

JAMA Network Open

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

About The Study: Patients with Parkinson disease who had caregivers at higher risk of depression were more likely to have worse quality of life and higher emergency department use than patients who had caregivers not at higher risk of depression. Additional caregiving resources and interventions to reduce caregiver depression symptoms could potentially improve patient outcomes. 

Authors: Nabila Dahodwala, M.D., M.S., of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author. 

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.27485)

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