Excessive daytime sleepiness and on-road driving performance in patients with Parkinson's disease
M M Amick1, A D'Abreu, M L Moro-de-Casillas
1Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Memorial Hospital of RI, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA. Melissa_Amick@Brown.edu
Abstract:
The impact of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) on road test performance was examined in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty-one patients with PD completed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and an on-road driving test. Five participants had EDS according to their self-report on the ESS. Neither EDS nor PD medications were associated with on-road driving performance. These findings suggest that in this pilot study EDS did not impair PD patients' driving skills on a formal driving evaluation.
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