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dc.contributor.authorSvensson, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorBeiske, Antoine G.
dc.contributor.authorLoge, Jon H.
dc.contributor.authorBeiske, Kornelia K.
dc.contributor.authorSivertsen, Børge
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-30T11:19:28Z
dc.date.available2013-05-30T11:19:28Z
dc.date.issued2012-08-10eng
dc.PublishedBMC Neurology 2012, 12:71eng
dc.identifier.issn1471-2377
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/6679
dc.description.abstractBackground: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of sleep problems in a community-based sample of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Norway, and their associated factors. Methods: 176 consecutive PD outpatients (41% females) were included in a study of non-motor symptoms, including sleep problems. All participants responded to the Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale (PDSS), where an overall score below 82 or a score below 5 on a sub-item indicate possible sleep problem. Factors associated with sleep were also investigated, with special emphasis on severity of PD, fatigue, mental health and restless legs syndrome (RLS). Results: The mean age was 68.5 years (range 35–90); the mean Hoehn and Yahr stage was 2.11 (SD 0.86), and the mean UPDRS part III was 22.3 (SD 11.7). Sleep problems were common among PD patients. While only 17% of the sample had an overall score below 82 on the PDSS, 70% of the patients had a score below 5 on one item. There was no significant association between PD severity and any of the sleep items in the PDSS; whereas fatigue, mental health problems, and RLS were associated with PDSS score. Conclusions: The current findings call for increased awareness of sleep problems in PD patients, especially focusing on the association with mental health problems, fatigue and RLS.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/eng
dc.subjectSleepeng
dc.subjectParkinsoneng
dc.subjectPrevalenceeng
dc.subjectNorwayeng
dc.subjectAssociated factorseng
dc.titleSleep problems in Parkinson’s disease: a community-based study in Norwayeng
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 Svensson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-71
dc.identifier.cristin942612
dc.source.journalBMC Neurology
dc.source.4012


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