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Daytime sleep latency in medication‐matched parkinsonian patients with and without sudden onset of sleep
Author(s) -
Möller J. Carsten,
Rethfeldt Mira,
Körner Yvonne,
StiasnyKolster Karin,
Cassel Werner,
Meindorfner Charlotte,
Rissling Ida,
Krüger HansPeter,
Oertel Wolfgang H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.20630
Subject(s) - alertness , multiple sleep latency test , sleep (system call) , excessive daytime sleepiness , medicine , latency (audio) , dopaminergic , sleep onset , audiology , anesthesia , parkinson's disease , psychology , sleep disorder , psychiatry , disease , insomnia , dopamine , computer science , electrical engineering , operating system , engineering
Currently, it is unclear whether sleep attacks in Parkinson's disease (PD) represent a novel entity or just a phenomenon of daytime sleepiness. We investigated 10 PD patients with sleep attacks and compared them with 10 PD patients without any daytime sleepiness. The patients were matched according to their dopaminergic medication and subjected to a sleep medical investigation. The mean sleep latency on the multiple sleep latency test was in the normal range and not significantly different between the groups. These data suggest that sleep attacks can occur against a background of normal alertness. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society