REM sleep behavior disorder predicts functional dependency in early Parkinson's disease

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether non-motor symptoms predict the development of functional dependency in Parkinson's disease (PD).

METHODS: This study using the PPMI data included 405 patients with newly diagnosed PD without functional dependency at baseline visit. We collected baseline demographic and clinical data. Non-motor symptoms were measured using well-validated instruments covering neuropsychiatric, sleep-related, olfactory, and autonomic symptoms. The development of dependency was defined to be present if a Schwab and England (S&E) score of less than 80% at any time point remained during the rest of the follow-up. Cox proportional-hazards regression analyses were performed to identify predictors of dependency. To further validate our findings, additional analysis was performed using an S&E cut-off of 60%.

RESULTS: Over a 5-year follow-up period, 61 patients became functionally dependent. The cumulative incidence of dependency was 17% at the 5-year follow-up. Among the non-motor variables, only the REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) screening questionnaire (RBDSQ) score was associated with the development of dependency. The bradykinesia subscore also predicted dependency. However, when using a cut-off score of 60% or below, the RBDSQ score but not the bradykinesia subscore increased the risk of dependency. The RBDSQ score was further inserted as a dichotomous variable in the multivariable Cox model. The presence of RBD was a significant predictor of dependency for both S&E cut-off scores.

CONCLUSION: The presence of RBD in early PD patients was associated with an increased risk of functional dependency. This finding supports the notion that RBD portends poor prognosis in PD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Parkinsonism & related disorders - 66(2019) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 138-142

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Ryul [VerfasserIn]
Yoo, Dallah [VerfasserIn]
Im, Jin Hee [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Han-Joon [VerfasserIn]
Jeon, Beomseok [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Functional dependency
Journal Article
Non-motor symptoms
Parkinson's disease
Predictors
REM sleep behavior disorder
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.08.2020

Date Revised 04.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.07.025

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299825647