TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The Relation of Falls to Fatigue, Depression and Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Disease
JO  - European neurology
A1  - Bryant, M. S.
A1  - Rintala, Diana H.
A1  - Hou, J. G.
A1  - Rivas, S. P.
A1  - Fernandez, A. L.
A1  - Lai, E. C.
A1  - Protas, E. J.
SP  - 326
EP  - 330
VL  - 67
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0014-3022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000335877
ID  - ref1
ER  -