Sleep benefit in Parkinson's disease: time to revive an enigma?

Some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) reportedly experience 'sleep benefit': an improved motor functioning upon awaking in the morning. In this questionnaire study, 114 out of 243 consecutive outpatients with PD (46.9%) subjectively experienced sleep benefit. Among those patient...

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Published inJournal of Parkinson's disease Vol. 2; no. 2; p. 167
Main Authors van Gilst, Merel M, Louter, Maartje, Baumann, Christian R, Bloem, Bastiaan R, Overeem, Sebastiaan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 2012
Subjects
Aged
Chi-Square Distribution
Circadian Rhythm - physiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outpatients
Parkinson Disease - physiopathology
Parkinson Disease - psychology
Sleep - physiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) reportedly experience 'sleep benefit': an improved motor functioning upon awaking in the morning. In this questionnaire study, 114 out of 243 consecutive outpatients with PD (46.9%) subjectively experienced sleep benefit. Among those patients that regularly took an afternoon nap, 33.7% experienced sleep benefit after the nap as well. Between patients with and without sleep benefit, there were no differences in demographic or clinical variables, including age, disease duration, dopaminergic treatment, and nocturnal sleep quality. Sleep benefit remains an intriguing but elusive phenomenon, which deserves renewed attention and further research.
ISSN:1877-718X
DOI:10.3233/JPD-2012-12087