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Prevalence of REM sleep behavior disorder in Sun City, Arizona
David R Shprecher1, Geidy E Serrano2, Nan Zhang3
1Cleo Roberts Center, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, United States.
Objective:
To determine prevalence of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) [prodromal Lewy body disease] in Sun City, Arizona.
Patients And Methods:
We attempted, by telephone and mail, a survey using the RBD single item question for probable RBD (pRBD) and the Innsbruck RBD Inventory. Individuals answering "yes" to 4/5 Inventory questions were considered to have high likelihood RBD (HL-RBD.).
Results:
Response rate was 484/3000 individuals contacted (16%), mean age 78; 48 (9.9%) endorsed pRBD by RBD1Q; 16 (3.3%) had HL-pRBD. Prevalence of idiopathic cases (without neurodegenerative disease) was 8.8% pRBD and 2.8% HL-RBD.
Conclusion:
Our estimated definite RBD prevalence of 1.7% (61.3% of HL-RBD) was similar to previous community-based studies.
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