CPAP IMPROVES SLEEP AND SLEEPINESS IN PARKINSON PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA
It is estimated that up to 60% of patients with Parkinson disease also have obstructive sleep, and CPAP treatment improves sleep and SleEP and SleepINESS in Parkinson patients with SLEEP APNEA.
Abstract
177 CPAP Treatment Improves Sleep in PD—Neikrug et al INTRODUCTION Sleep complaints are very common in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), with 60-98% complaining of sleep related difficulties.1-3 Nonmotor symptoms, including sleep dysfunction, have been shown to have significant effect on health-related quality of life in patients with PD.4,5 Polysomnography (PSG; overnight sleep recording) studies have confirmed substantial decreases in total sleep time (TST) and in the amount of time spent in deep sleep (i.e., decrease in %N3 sleep) relative to lighter sleep (increases in %N1 and %N2 sleep) in patients with PD.6-9 In addition to this disruption of sleep architecture, it is estimated that up to 60% of patients also have obstructive sleep CPAP IMPROVES SLEEP AND SLEEPINESS IN PARKINSON PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA