Delineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.

Nonmotor symptoms (NMS) are an important prodromal feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, their frequency, treatment rates, and impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the early motor phase is unclear. Rates of NMS in enriched at-risk populations, such as first-degree PD rela...

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Main Authors: Baig, F, Lawton, M, Rolinski, M, Ruffmann, C, Nithi, K, Evetts, S, Fernandes, H, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Hu, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015
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author Baig, F
Lawton, M
Rolinski, M
Ruffmann, C
Nithi, K
Evetts, S
Fernandes, H
Ben-Shlomo, Y
Hu, M
author_facet Baig, F
Lawton, M
Rolinski, M
Ruffmann, C
Nithi, K
Evetts, S
Fernandes, H
Ben-Shlomo, Y
Hu, M
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description Nonmotor symptoms (NMS) are an important prodromal feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, their frequency, treatment rates, and impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the early motor phase is unclear. Rates of NMS in enriched at-risk populations, such as first-degree PD relatives, have not been delineated. We assessed NMS in an early cohort of PD, first-degree PD relatives and control subjects to address these questions. In total, 769 population-ascertained PD subjects within 3.5 years of diagnosis, 98 first-degree PD relatives, and 287 control subjects were assessed at baseline across the following NMS domains: (1) neuropsychiatric; (2) gastrointestinal; (3) sleep; (4) sensory; (5) autonomic; and (6) sexual. NMS were much more common in PD, compared to control subjects. More than half of the PD cases had hyposmia, pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, or urinary dysfunction. NMS were more frequent in those with the postural instability gait difficulty phenotype, compared to the tremor dominant (mean total number of NMS 7.8 vs. 6.2; P < 0.001). PD cases had worse HRQoL scores than controls (odds ratio: 4.1; P < 0.001), with depression, anxiety, and pain being stronger drivers than motor scores. NMS were rarely treated in routine clinical practice. First-degree PD relatives did not significantly differ in NMS, compared to controls, in this baseline study. NMS are common in early PD and more common in those with postural instability gait difficulty phenotype or on treatment. Despite their major impact on quality of life, NMS are usually under-recognized and untreated. © 2015 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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spelling oxford-uuid:d2abba9d-bc01-45c1-982d-de1916d8d0492022-03-27T08:05:42ZDelineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d2abba9d-bc01-45c1-982d-de1916d8d049EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2015Baig, FLawton, MRolinski, MRuffmann, CNithi, KEvetts, SFernandes, HBen-Shlomo, YHu, MNonmotor symptoms (NMS) are an important prodromal feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, their frequency, treatment rates, and impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the early motor phase is unclear. Rates of NMS in enriched at-risk populations, such as first-degree PD relatives, have not been delineated. We assessed NMS in an early cohort of PD, first-degree PD relatives and control subjects to address these questions. In total, 769 population-ascertained PD subjects within 3.5 years of diagnosis, 98 first-degree PD relatives, and 287 control subjects were assessed at baseline across the following NMS domains: (1) neuropsychiatric; (2) gastrointestinal; (3) sleep; (4) sensory; (5) autonomic; and (6) sexual. NMS were much more common in PD, compared to control subjects. More than half of the PD cases had hyposmia, pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, or urinary dysfunction. NMS were more frequent in those with the postural instability gait difficulty phenotype, compared to the tremor dominant (mean total number of NMS 7.8 vs. 6.2; P < 0.001). PD cases had worse HRQoL scores than controls (odds ratio: 4.1; P < 0.001), with depression, anxiety, and pain being stronger drivers than motor scores. NMS were rarely treated in routine clinical practice. First-degree PD relatives did not significantly differ in NMS, compared to controls, in this baseline study. NMS are common in early PD and more common in those with postural instability gait difficulty phenotype or on treatment. Despite their major impact on quality of life, NMS are usually under-recognized and untreated. © 2015 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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Delineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.
title Delineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.
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title_fullStr Delineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.
title_full_unstemmed Delineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.
title_short Delineating nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson's disease and first-degree relatives.
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