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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Zheyu Xu, Dr Kirstie Anderson, Professor Nicola PaveseORCiD
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© 2022, The Author(s). Purpose of Review: Sleep disorders are among the most common non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recent longitudinal studies of sleep in PD have utilized validated sleep questionnaires and video-polysomnography performed over multiple time points. This review summarizes existing longitudinal studies focusing on the prevalence, associations, and changes of sleep disorders in PD over time, as well as the methodologies used in these studies. Recent Findings: Fifty-three longitudinal studies of sleep in PD were identified: excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), restless legs syndrome, and shift work disorder were studied in addition to other studies that had focused on either multiple sleep disorders or broadly on sleep disorders as a whole. The prevalence of sleep disorders increases over time and are associated particularly with non-motor features of disease. RBD is now considered an established prodromal feature of PD, but other sleep disorders do not clearly increase risk of subsequent PD. Further work is necessary to determine if treatment of sleep disorders in PD alters disease symptom and their progression or reduces PD risk. Summary: Longitudinal studies of sleep in PD have demonstrated a high prevalence of sleep disorders that are associated with non-motor features of PD which can increase over time. More work is necessary to determine if treatment of sleep disorders can alter the course of PD.
Author(s): Xu Z, Anderson KN, Pavese N
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
Year: 2022
Volume: 22
Pages: 635-655
Print publication date: 01/10/2022
Online publication date: 26/08/2022
Acceptance date: 24/06/2022
ISSN (print): 1528-4042
ISSN (electronic): 1534-6293
Publisher: Springer
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-022-01223-5
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-022-01223-5
PubMed id: 36018498
