Evaluation of somnolence in Parkinson’s disease: Comparison with age- and sex-matched controls
- 12 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 58 (3) , 465-468
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.58.3.465
Abstract
The authors found a significantly higher prevalence of daytime somnolence in 201 patients with PD compared with 214 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects (Epworth Sleepiness Scale score 5.6 vs 4.6). The prevalence of “sleep attacks” (SA) was about seven times higher in patients with PD than in control subjects (13.9% vs 1.9%; p < 0.0005). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that a higher dose of levodopa and longer duration of disease significantly predicted for SA in patients with PD. Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores of ≥10 had 71.4% sensitivity and 88.4% specificity for SA.Keywords
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