The relation of falls to fatigue, depression and daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To characterize non-motor symptoms in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) who experience falls compared to those who do not fall.
METHODS: Fifty-four individuals with PD were studied. Thirty-six were fallers and 18 were non-fallers. Fatigue was assessed by the Iowa Fatigue Scale. Excessive daytime sleepiness was assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and depressive symptomatology was assessed by the short-form Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.
RESULTS: Compared to non-fallers, fallers had more severe disability, greater general physical fatigue (p = 0.024), lower energy levels (p = 0.042) and less productivity (p = 0.007). Fallers had more depressive symptomatology than the non-fallers (p = 0.01). Excessive daytime sleepiness was not different between the two groups (p = 0.695).
CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with PD who fell had more severe motor and non-motor symptoms than those who did not fall. These non-motor symptoms included physical fatigue, energy, productivity and depressive symptomatology.
Volume
67
Issue
6
First Page
326
Last Page
330
ISSN
1421-9913
Published In/Presented At
Bryant, M. S., Rintala, D. H., Hou, J. G., Rivas, S. P., Fernandez, A. L., Lai, E. C., & Protas, E. J. (2012). The relation of falls to fatigue, depression and daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease. European neurology, 67(6), 326–330. https://doi.org/10.1159/000335877
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
22555623
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article