Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between motor and non-motor symptoms in patients diagnosed with Parkinson. We included in our study 72 patients diagnosed with Parkinson disease:28 female and 44 males. Each patient was evaluated using Non-motor Symptoms Questionnaire for Parkinson Disease, for motor status we used Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) part 3 (motor part). The results of our study indicated that there is a correlation between the non-motor state and the motor symptoms but not in all non-motor domains. The study indicates that the digestive symptoms, the, cardiovascular, sleep and miscellaneous correlate with the motor symptoms but urinary symptoms, memory, hallucination, depression and sexual dysfunction does not show an interdependence with the motor state.
Highlights
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between motor and non-motor symptoms in patients diagnosed with Parkinson
Several studies showed that non-motor symptoms (NMS) are a real burden in Parkinson disease (PD) which may appear even before the diagnosis of PD and that these NMS reflect a key determinant of the patient and career’s quality of life [2]
It is well known that motor symptoms affect quality of life in PD patients, but many reports have suggested that NMS can have a greater influence on the patient’s life than the motor symptoms
Summary
The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between motor and non-motor symptoms in patients diagnosed with Parkinson. We included in our study 72 patients diagnosed with Parkinson disease: female and 44 males. Each patient was evaluated using Non-motor Symptoms Questionnaire for Parkinson Disease, for motor status we used Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) part 3 (motor part). The results of our study indicated that there is a correlation between the non-motor state and the motor symptoms but not in all non-motor domains. Parkinson disease (PD), one of the most common neurodegenerative disease, is classified as a movement disorder, but non-motor symptoms (NMS) occur[1]. It is important to assess the presence of motor and non-motor symptoms and to evaluate the impact of these symptoms on quality of life[6-7]
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