Objective: To determine the prevalence of sleep disorders in patients with Parkinson’s disease undergoing sleep screening.

Background: 2009 Norlina et al., determined the prevalence of sleep disorders in 46 patients with Parkinson’s disease. The sample was submitted to polysomnography and Parkinson’s disease sleep scale. 81.6% of the patients had abnormal results.

Rodríguez-Violante et al., (2010) described in “Prevalence of non-motor dysfunction among Parkinson’s disease patients from a tertiary referral center in Mexico City” the prevalence of non-motor symptoms in 100 Mexican patients with Prkinson’s disease. Sleep disorders corresponded to 40% of all non-motor symptoms.

Method: Descriptive, observational and retrospective study of 66 patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease who attended the neurology service of “José Eleuterio González” University Hospital and who underwent sleep screening. This consists of the Epworth sleep scale, the Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire and the Stop-Bang scale. Patients with altered results underwent polysomnography.

Results: A Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire give an overall score, ranging from 0 to 21 points. “0” indicates ease of sleeping and “21” severe difficulty in all areas. The STOP-BANG questionnaire: 0-2 Low risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). 3-4 Intermediate risk of OSA. 5-8 High risk of OSA. Epworth Sleepiness Scale: 1 – 6 points: Normal sleep. 7 – 8 points: Medium sleepiness. 9 – 24 points: abnormal sleepiness.

66 patients with the following characteristics: Demographic characteristics: • 26 women (59.09%) 40 men (60.6%) with age ranges from 30-88 years. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: Optimal sleep quality 16 patients (24.2%) Poor sleep quality 50 (75.7%) STOP-BANG Quiz: OSA Risk Number of Patients 0-2 Low 13 patients (19.6%), 3-4 Moderate 36 patients (54.5%) 5-8 High 17 (25.7%). Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Number of patients 1-6 Normal sleep 26 (39.3%) 7-8 medium sleepiness 4 (6.06%) 9-24 Abnormal sleepiness 36 (54.5%)

Conclusion: Measuring prevalence in patients who undergo sleep screening is a reliable way to establish the usefulness of this type of tool within the routine consultation of the neurology service. Its benefit lies in the early diagnosis of sleep disorders and its potential benefit in the quality of life of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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