Excessive daytime sleepiness and on-road driving performance in patients with Parkinson's disease.
The impact of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) on road test performance was examined in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Twenty-one patients with PD completed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and an on-road driving test. Five participants had EDS according to their self-report on the ESS. Neither EDS nor PD medications were associated with on-road driving performance. These findings suggest that in this pilot study EDS did not impair PD patients' driving skills on a formal driving evaluation.
Amick
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MM
Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Memorial Hospital of RI, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA. Melissa_Amick@Brown.edu
D'Abreu
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A
Moro-de-Casillas
M L
ML
Chou
K L
KL
Ott
B R
BR
D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index