Open AccessMotor and non-motor features of Parkinson\'s disease
Author(s) -
William Matuja,
Eric Aris
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v85i1.9599
Subject(s) - medicine , parkinson's disease , depression (economics) , disease , referral , neurology , population , pediatrics , physical therapy , tertiary referral hospital , psychiatry , retrospective cohort study , family medicine , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative brain disease in developed countries where population of the elderly is high. PD is increasingly being documented in developing countries where there are rapid demographic changes. Motor features of PD have been documented in Africans in previous studies. However non-motor features such as depression and sleep disturbance have not been well documented.