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Do nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease differ from normal aging?

✍ Scribed by Syam Krishnan; Gangadhara Sarma; Sankara Sarma; Asha Kishore

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
366 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background:

Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease are frequent and affect health‐related quality of life of patients. The severity and domains of nonmotor symptoms involved in Parkinson's disease and normal aging have not been compared before.

Methods:

We performed a prospective case–control study to assess the frequency and severity of nonmotor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (n = 174) and age‐matched normal controls (n = 128) using the Non‐Motor Symptoms Scale.

Results:

Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease were ubiquitous, more frequent, and more severe than in normal aging, particularly in women. Cardiovascular, mood/cognition, and perceptual problems/hallucinations domains were rarely involved in age‐matched controls. Age had no effect and sex some influence on nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease. In contrast, in controls, nonmotor symptoms increased with age, and sex had no effect.

Conclusions:

Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease differ from those in aging in frequency, severity, sex predilection, and domain involvement. © 2011 Movement Disorder Society

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