@article{ref1,
title="The Relation of Falls to Fatigue, Depression and Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Disease",
journal="European neurology",
year="2012",
author="Bryant, M. S. and Rintala, Diana H. and Hou, J. G. and Rivas, S. P. and Fernandez, A. L. and Lai, E. C. and Protas, E. J.",
volume="67",
number="6",
pages="326-330",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-3022",
doi="10.1159/000335877",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000335877"
}