Nonmotor symptom burden grading as predictor of cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease.
Panteleimon OikonomouDaniel J van WamelenDaniel WeintraubDag AarslandDominic FfytchePablo Martinez-MartinCarmen Rodriguez-BlazquezValentina LetaCorinne BorleyCarolina SportelliDhaval TrivediAleksandra M PodlewskaKatarina RukavinaAlexandra RizosClaudia Lazcano-OcampoKallol Ray ChaudhuriPublished in: Brain and behavior (2021)
Our findings suggest that a comprehensive baseline measure of NMS and in particular hallucinations and perceptual problems assessed with a validated single instrument can be used to predict incident CI in PD. This approach provides a simple, holistic strategy to predict future CI in this population.