Review Article

Apathy following Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the eligible studies.

NumberAuthorNAgeDisease durationDBS programmingState in the evaluationScaleFollow-upPreoperative scorePreoperative LEDDPostoperative scorePostoperative LEDD

1Houvenaghel et al. [21]2656.6 ± 7.411.47 ± 4.54Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onAES3 months31.8 ± 7.01271.2 ± 555.631.2 ± 7.7758.0 ± 407.79
2Robert et al. [20]4456.3 ± 7.511.4 ± 4.1Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onAES3 months31.4 ± 6.41280.8 ± 632.431.6 ± 7.1889.9 ± 209.3
3Lewis et al. [17]2761.1 ± 9.112.7 ± 6.7Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onAES1 year34.04 ± 9.58831.5 ± 425.9137.44 ± 8.71359.23 ± 264.46
4Lewis et al. [18]2861.1 ± 8.912.43 ± 6.74Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onAES1 year33.85 ± 9.71832 ± 42637.0 ± 8.91359.3 ± 264.5
5Lhommee et al. [16]6757.8 ± 7.210.5 ± 3.1Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onSAS1 year6.2 ± 3.51026 ± 4599.4 ± 4.5284 ± 312
6Chou et al. [19]1062.1 ± 6.59.1 ± 5.8Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onSAS6 months13.2 ± 8.61164.9 ± 752.913.6 ± 7.4567.9 ± 512.4
7Drapier et al. [15]1756.9 ± 8.711.8 ± 2.6Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onAES3 months37.2 ± 5.5-42.5 ± 8.9-
8Castelli et al. [14]1962.1 ± 4.214.7 ± 5.0Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onSAS17 months11.6 ± 4.11192.5 ± 415.712.6 ± 5.3571.6 ± 274.8
9Drapier et al. [13]1559.7 ± 7.612.2 ± 2.8Bilateral STN-DBSDrug on and stimuli onSAS6 months13.0 ± 6.51448 ± 40018.8 ± 9.71127 ± 482

AES: Apathy Evaluation Scale; SAS: Starkstein Apathy Scale.