SLEEP DISORDERS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Sleep disorder are common non-motor symptoms in Parkinson`s disease (PD). They can be found in different sleep stages or appear during the daytime. They correlate withfaster progression of motor problems and lower quality of a patient’s life. Sleep physiology, different sleep dysfunction such as: RBD-REM sleep behavior disorder, EDS – excessivedaytime sleepiness, insomnia, OSAS-obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and their clinical manifestation have been presented in this review. Diagnostic and therapy possibilitieshave been summarized as well. Particular attention has also been paid to the coexistence of various non-motor symptoms such as pain, depression or nocturia, and theircorrelations with sleeping problems.