The evaluation of sleep quality, anxiety disorder and depression in older adults with Parkinson disease

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence ratios of sleep disorder, anxiety and depression in older adults withParkinson disease in addition to the relationship between these complaints and the stage and duration of the disease.Material and Method: Epworth sleepiness scale, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, Insomnia severity index, Beck depressioninventory, Hamilton anxiety scale were applied on a total of 585 older adults followed up with Parkinson disease diagnosis. Theacquired results were interpreted by comparing with the data of the control group comprised of 585 healthy individuals.Results: A total of 585 older adult with Parkinson disease and 585 healthy controls were included in the study. Each group wascomprised of 255 female (43.59%) and 330 male (56.41%) participants. Mean age of the Parkinson group was 68.14±7.01 years,whereas mean age of the control group was 65.08±6.43 years. Mean Hoehn Yahr scale was determined in the Parkinson groupas 1.8; while mean UPDRS was 29.8. Daytime functions and subjective sleep quality were worse at a statistically significant levelin the patient group according to Pittsburgh sleep quality index (p=0.014, p=0.019, respectively). The most significant differencewas observed in ESS when the scale scores of the patient and control groups were compared (p