Clinical and polysomnographic study of RBD in Parkinson’s disease from Egypt

Mansour, Alia H.; Kamel, T.; Asaad, Tarek; Metwally, Yasser Gaber; Aref, Hany; Salah, N.

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.007

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“…Sleep disorders are growingly recognized as a salient consideration while management of different neurological diseases and stroke specifically [3][4][5][6], though its weightiness, only about 6% of stroke survivors are offered formal sleep testing and an estimated 2% complete such testing in the 3-month post-stroke period. That may be ought to uncertain timing for proper sleep testing after a stroke [7], added to inadequate awareness about sleep disorders and implication on stroke's outcome and overwhelming with vascular treatment.…”

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Post-stroke sleep disorders in Egyptian patients by using simply administered questionnaires: a study from Ain Shams University

Mansour

Ayad²,

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et al. 2020

Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg

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Introduction: Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide with grave morbidity and mortality. Sleep and stroke have a definite intermingling neuropathological relationship, so along with expeditious acute management, efficient secondary prevention and consistent rehabilitation, sleep disorders' management has a hand in offering a medical service up to the mark. Objective: Screening of sleep disorders' prevalence in patients who survived a previous stroke by applying simple questionnaires and to determine the correlation between these disorders and stroke's demographic, clinical, and risk factor variables. Methods: Cross-sectional prospective study on 75 stroke patients from stroke outpatient clinic and all patients were subjected to answer a sheet of sleep questionnaire, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Apnea/Hypopnea Index (AHI), Arabic versions. Results A total of 70.6 % were found to have sleep disorders, 61.6% had poor sleep quality, 20% had a severe degree of excessive day time sleepiness (EDS). Sleep disorders were more prevalent in the moderate severity of stroke by NIHSS and in the first 1-4 weeks. There was no correlation between the occurrence of sleep disorders and the site of the lesion. Conclusion: Sleep disorders are broadly prevalent after a stroke. Resulting damage impedes the functional outcome. Simple questionnaires are easy applicable methods for screening of such disorders in post-stroke patients. Guidelines needed regarding screening and management of sleep disorders after a stroke.

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