Open AccessEffects of age, stage of disease, and educational level on cognitive dysfunction in non-demented idiopathic Parkinsonism: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
Saptarshi Adhikari,
Jayanti Basu,
Shyamal Kumar Das,
Amar Kumar Misra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.110948
Subject(s) - parkinsonism , disease , stage (stratigraphy) , medicine , cognition , dementia , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
Parkinsonism is known to be associated with clinically significant impairments on an array of cognitive deficits. The degree of impairment is dependent not only on the course of the disease, but also on other bio-social factors. The objective of the present study was to examine the cognitive dysfunction in non-demented idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) in relation to age, stage of disease, and educational level in a sample in Kolkata, India.