Binge eating in Parkinson's disease: prevalence, correlates and the contribution of deep brain stimulation

LB Zahodne, F Susatia, D Bowers… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
LB Zahodne, F Susatia, D Bowers, TL Ong, CE Jacobson IV, MS Okun, RL Rodriguez…
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2011Am Neuropsych Assoc
Of 96 Parkinson's disease patients surveyed at the University of Florida Movement Disorders
Center, one (1%) met diagnostic criteria for binge-eating disorder. Eight (8.3%) exhibited
subthreshold binge eating. Psychometric criteria classified problem gambling in 17.8%,
hoarding in 8.3%, compulsive buying in 11.5%, hypersexuality in 1.0%, and mania in 1.0%
of patients. More overeaters met psychometric criteria for at least one additional impulse-
control disorder (67% versus 29%). No more overeaters than non-overeaters were taking a …
Of 96 Parkinson's disease patients surveyed at the University of Florida Movement Disorders Center, one (1%) met diagnostic criteria for binge-eating disorder. Eight (8.3%) exhibited subthreshold binge eating. Psychometric criteria classified problem gambling in 17.8%, hoarding in 8.3%, compulsive buying in 11.5%, hypersexuality in 1.0%, and mania in 1.0% of patients. More overeaters met psychometric criteria for at least one additional impulse-control disorder (67% versus 29%). No more overeaters than non-overeaters were taking a dopamine agonist (44% versus 41%). More overeaters had a history of subthalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS; 44% versus 14%). History of DBS was the only independent predictor of overeating.
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