Abstract
Sleep disturbances are common in Parkinson's disease (PD). Actigraphy has emerged as an alternative to polysomnography to measure sleep, raising the question of its ability to capture sleep quality in PD patients. Our aim was to compare self-report data with actigraphic data. Thirty non-demented individuals with PD and 14 normal control participants (NC) were included. Sleep was measured using 24-h wrist actigraphy over a seven day period, during which time participants kept a sleep diary. Subjective sleep and arousal questionnaires included the Parkinson's Disease Sleep Scale and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Patients with PD presented with more sleep problems than NC. In NC, none of the actigraphic sleep variables were related to any of the self-report measures of sleep. In PD, scores on subjective sleep measures correlated with actigraphy-derived estimates of sleep quality. Our results suggest that actigraphy is an appropriate method of measuring sleep quality in PD.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 280-283 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Parkinsonism and Related Disorders |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (1F31NS061555-01) and a Clara Mayo Foundation fellowship from the Department of Psychology, Boston University, to K.S.; by NINDS grant R01 NS050446-01A2 to A.C-G; and by NIMH federal grant 1R21MH076916-01A2 to P.M. The authors would like to thank Denyse Turpin, R.N., MPH, Cathi Thomas, R.N., M.S., and Marie Saint-Hilaire, M.D., for their assistance in subject recruitment, and Chase Ansok, Erica Appleman, Sophie Blease, Eric Griffith, Patricia Johnson, and Barrett Phillips for their assistance with testing participants and scoring data.
Keywords
- Actigraphy
- Parkinson's disease
- Sleep
- Subjective sleep ratings