Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Parkinson's Disease Symptoms: Sleep


Acknowledgement

We would also like to acknowledge the use of information from the Parkinson’s Disease Society fact sheet Sleep and Night-time Problems in Parkinson’s

Our thanks also to Professor K Ray Chaudhuri1and Dr Sharon Muzerengi2for their help in reviewing this article.

  1. King’s College/University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK
  2. University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK

Where can I find more information?

British Sleep Society

British Sleep Society

PO Box 247
Colne
Huntingdon
PE28 3UZ
United Kingdom

Email:enquiries@sleeping.org.uk
Website:www.sleeping.org.uk

The Parkinson’s association in your country may also be able to provide information based on members’ experiences. The EPDA website [www.epda.eu.com] contains the contact details for European Parkinson's disease organisations and international Parkinson’s organisations.

Your Parkinson’s association may also advise and provide information and educational opportunities for health professionals.

 

Publications

And so to sleep...

And so to sleep...

  • Author: Victor McConvey
  • Source: Parkinson’s Victoria ‘Signpost’, Spring 2008, vol 6 issue 3: 12-13; (July 2008)
  • Language: English
Occurrence and clinical correlates of REM sleep behaviour disorder in patients with Parkinson’s disease over time

Occurrence and clinical correlates of REM sleep behaviour disorder in patients with Parkinson’s disease over time

  • Authors: M D Gjerstad, B Boeve, T Wentzel-Larsen, D Aarsland, and J P Larsen
  • Source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008; 79: 387-391 (April 2008)
  • doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.116830
  • Language: English

 

JNNP May 2007

Insomnia in Parkinson’s disease: frequency and progression over time

  • Authors: M D Gjerstad, T Wentzel-Larsen, D Aarsland, and J P Larsen
  • Source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007; 78: 476-479 (May 2007)
  • Language: English

 

PDS (UK) factsheet - Sleep and Night-time Problems in Parkinson’s

Sleep and night-time problems in Parkinson's

  • Authors: K R Chaudhuri, Y Naidu, V Metta
  • Publisher: Parkinson's Disease Society (UK) (May 2006)
  • Language: English

 

Sleep and fatigue in Parkinson's disease

Sleep and fatigue in Parkinson's disease

 

JNNP Dec 2002

The Parkinson’s disease sleep scale: a new instrument for assessing sleep and nocturnal disability in Parkinson’s disease

  • Authors: K R Chaudhuri1, S Pal, A DiMarco, C Whately-Smith, K Bridgman, R Mathew, F R Pezzela, A Forbes, B Högl, C Trenkwalder
  • Source: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002; 73: 629-635 (December 2002)
  • doi: 10.1136/jnnp.73.6.629
  • Language: English

 

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