“…The present study used rigorous direct interviews conducted by neurological specialists and found that the prevalence was 5.4% in patients with PD, which is consistent with the figures reported by previous studies. [ 3 , 7 , 24 , 25 ] In terms of the predisposing factors for the development of punding, high daily LED, young age of onset, being male, frequent rescue doses, long PD duration, presence of dyskinesia, and disease severity have been suggested as risk factors. Similarly, our data indicated that long duration of PD and PD medication, high total daily LED, and presence of dyskinesia and ICD were significant risk factors for developing punding behavior.…”