TY - JOUR
T1 - "Dozing off" in the car and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in Parkinson’s disease
T2 - a survey of 125 patients
AU - Sportelli, Carolina
AU - Poplawska-Domaszewicz, Karolina
AU - Borley, Corinne
AU - Metta, Vinod
AU - Leta, Valentina
AU - Wu, Kit
AU - Sauerbier, Anna
AU - Santoro, Carlo
AU - Landolfo, Salvatore
AU - Urso, Daniele
AU - Chen, Rosabel
AU - Chokeepermal-Naidu, Yogini
AU - Falup-Pecurariu, Cristian
AU - Chaudhuri, K. Ray
PY - 2025/9/11
Y1 - 2025/9/11
N2 - Parkinson’s disease patients are at increased risk of road traffic and car accidents and those with excessive daytime sleepiness are specially susceptible. Abnormal scores on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale predicts risk for driving-related somnolence which may cause road traffic accidents in driving patients as many such patients declare dozing of while in a car. Our study estimates that over 40% of patients with daytime somnolence have risks of dozing off in a car. There is an association with dopamine agonist intake and depression and anxiety are commonly comorbid. Further prospective structured studies addressing driving, road traffic accidents and dopamine replacement therapies in PD are needed.
AB - Parkinson’s disease patients are at increased risk of road traffic and car accidents and those with excessive daytime sleepiness are specially susceptible. Abnormal scores on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale predicts risk for driving-related somnolence which may cause road traffic accidents in driving patients as many such patients declare dozing of while in a car. Our study estimates that over 40% of patients with daytime somnolence have risks of dozing off in a car. There is an association with dopamine agonist intake and depression and anxiety are commonly comorbid. Further prospective structured studies addressing driving, road traffic accidents and dopamine replacement therapies in PD are needed.
KW - Dashboard
KW - Driving
KW - Epworth sleepiness scale
KW - Excessive daytime sleepiness
KW - Parkinson’s disease
KW - Stepped care
KW - Sudden onset of sleep
U2 - 10.1007/s00702-025-02995-z
DO - 10.1007/s00702-025-02995-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 40931261
AN - SCOPUS:105016128036
SN - 0300-9564
JO - Journal of Neural Transmission
JF - Journal of Neural Transmission
ER -