22 IDFO patients (46%) had depression; 54.5% of IDFO patients with depression had cognitive impairment, indicating a slight trend of increased cognitive impairment in those with depression compared to those without; the perception of the severity of disease was the greatest in patients with depression.
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Non-Motor Manifestations in Idiopathic Dystonia with Focal Onset - A Pilot Study.
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Conclusions Our study, though limited by the small number of patients available for the statistical analysis, shows an important trend of the presence of mood disorders - in particular depression, and mild neurocognitive impairment as associated non-motor symptoms in patients with IDFO and this conclusion is in accordance with data published in many recent studies.