Is the MDS-UPDRS a Good Screening Tool for Detecting Sleep Problems and Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson’s Disease?

Movement Disorder Society-sponsored Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) has separate items for measuring sleep problems (item 1.7) and daytime sleepiness (1.8). The aim of our study was to evaluate the screening sensitivity and specificity of these items to the PD Sleep Scale 2nd ve...

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Main Authors: Krisztina Horváth, Zsuzsanna Aschermann, Péter Ács, Edit Bosnyák, Gabriella Deli, Endre Pál, József Janszky, Béla Faludi, Ildikó Késmárki, Sámuel Komoly, Magdolna Bokor, Eszter Rigó, Júlia Lajtos, Péter Klivényi, György Dibó, László Vécsei, Annamária Takáts, Adrián Tóth, Piroska Imre, Ferenc Nagy, Mihály Herceg, Anita Kamondi, Eszter Hidasi, Norbert Kovács
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/806169