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Trying to understand sleep in Parkinson’s disease patients

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The correct diagnosis of sleep disorders in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients consists in: detailed anamnesis of the patient and of the spouse or of the caregiver; 1 week recording on a symptom diary (log) by the patient or the caregiver; pointing out the co-morbidities and selection of the most appropriate sleep test such as: polysomnography, multiple sleep latency test, multiple wake latency test, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, actigraphy, or video-PSG. The sleep-arousal disturbances considered by the present article, in order to achieve a better quality of life for Parkinson’s disease patients are: light fragmented sleep; abnormal motor activity during sleep; REM behavior disorders; sleep related breathing disorders; sleep related hallucinations; sleep related psychotic behavior. The arousal disturbances to be described are: sleep attacks, and excessive daytime sleepiness.

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Askenasy, JJ. Trying to understand sleep in Parkinson’s disease patients. Sleep Biol. Rhythms 3, 2–14 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8425.2005.00156.x

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