2018
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.3412
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Non-motor Symptoms in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Cross-sectional Survey

Abstract: BackgroundIn multiple studies around the globe, non-motor symptoms (NMS) have been identified as a source of immense disability in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, there is a scarcity of data from Asia. This is the first study of the Pakistani population to assess the impact of NMS in PD on patients.ObjectivesTo determine the frequency of NMS of PD in the Pakistani population and compare it with existing data.MethodsIn this cross-sectional survey, patient demographics were retrospectively colle… Show more

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“…The most common severity level of the disease was stage III Hoehn & Yahr. This result is similar with the previous studies, which shows that stage III of Hoehn & Yahr PD severity assessment is more generally found in PD patients [15][16][17][18]. Stroke is the most commonly found comorbidity among the subjects.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The most common severity level of the disease was stage III Hoehn & Yahr. This result is similar with the previous studies, which shows that stage III of Hoehn & Yahr PD severity assessment is more generally found in PD patients [15][16][17][18]. Stroke is the most commonly found comorbidity among the subjects.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…However, there remains relatively few studies that compare non-motor symptom prevalence in ethnically diverse samples. The Non-Motor Symptom Questionnaire was designed and validated in 2006 and has been used in different populations to enable comparison (see Table 2) [72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84]. All patients, regardless of ethnicity, appear to suffer from a high burden of non-motor symptoms.…”
Section: Ethnic Variation In Non-motor Symptoms Of Pdmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As we mentioned earlier, all of the symptoms and conditions in Parkinson's disease could be divided in motor and nonmotor group. When we talk about nonmotor symptoms and conditions of Parkinson's disease, we can further subdivide them into autonomic and psychopathological or behavioural comorbidities (Tanveer, Attique, Sadiq, & Ahmad, 2018; Tibar et al, 2018). Autonomic comorbid conditions usually include pain, urinary, cardiovascular, thermoregulatory, sexual, and gastrointestinal dysfunctions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%