Associations of sleep disturbance symptoms with health-related quality of life in parkinson's disease

Alon Avidan, Ron D. Hays, Natalie Diaz, Yvette Bordelon, Alexander W. Thompson, Stefanie D. Vassar, Barbara G. Vickrey

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Abstract

The authors examined associations of various sleep-disturbance symptoms with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in 153 adults with Parkinson's disease (PD). PD patients reported more snoring, sleep inadequacy, daytime somnolence, and sleep-maintenance problems than the general population. Symptoms having the broadest and strongest unique associations with generic HRQOL (eight scales; two composites of SF236) were daytime somnolence (five scales; one composite), sleep initiation (eight scales; two composites), and awakening short of breath or with headache (six scales; two composites). Associations of selected sleep-disturbance symptoms-some unanticipated-suggest that assessing specific symptoms is worthwhile in clinical care.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-326
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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