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Impulsive behavior and associated clinical variables in Parkinson's disease
Aviva Abosch1, Akshay Gupte, Lynn E Eberly
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. aabosch@umn.edu
Background:
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative brain disorder accompanied by the loss of dopaminergic neurons and the presence of motor and non-motor symptoms.
Objective:
We performed a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based analysis of impulsive behavior in our PD clinic population to assess prevalence and associated characteristics.
Results:
We found a higher prevalence of impulsive behavior (29.7%) than previously reported, and found multiple, concurrent impulsive behaviors in 26% of subjects reporting impulsive behavior.
Conclusions:
Our findings contribute to the growing awareness of impulsive behavior in PD, and support the need for longitudinal studies to assess changes in impulsive behaviors in Parkinson's patients.
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