Prevalence of fatigue in Parkinson disease and its clinical correlates
Abstract
Objective:
To assess in a noninterventional setting the prevalence and severity of fatigue in patients with Parkinson disease (PD).
Methods:
This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Italian patients with PD. Objectives included the evaluation of the current prevalence and severity of fatigue in patients with PD measured using the 16-item Parkinson Fatigue Scale (PFS-16), distressing fatigue (defined as a PFS-16 mean score ≥3.3), and assessment of its clinical correlates.
Results:
A total of 402 patients were enrolled and 394 patients completed the PFS-16 questionnaire with a PFS-16 mean (±SD) score of 2.87 ± 0.99. Of these, 136 patients (33.8%) reported distressing fatigue (PFS-16 mean score ≥3.3). Patients with distressing fatigue were older (p = 0.044) and had a longer duration of PD (p < 0.0001) than those without distressing fatigue. The presence of distressing fatigue was associated with higher total Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) scores, poorer quality of life (39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire [PDQ-39]), worse social and psychological behaviors, a higher severity of depressive symptoms, and a higher prevalence of sleep disorders (all p < 0.001). Logistic regression analyses revealed that higher total UPDRS scores, female sex, depression, sleep disorders, as well as higher UPDRS activities of daily living scores and PDQ-39 mobility scores increase the likelihood of distressing fatigue in patients with PD.
Conclusions:
Approximately one-third of patients with PD have distressing fatigue, which is significantly associated with depression and sleep disorders. The fact that the presence of fatigue worsens patient quality of life supports the need to better diagnose and treat this debilitating symptom.
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Received: July 6, 2013
Accepted: April 11, 2014
Published online: June 13, 2014
Published in print: July 15, 2014
Disclosure
F. Stocchi has received consulting fees from GSK, Teva, Boehringer Ingelheim, Newron, Merck Serono, Novartis, Lundbeck, Impax, Schering Plough, MSD, and UCB. G. Abbruzzese has received honoraria from GSK, Lundbeck, and Meda. R. Ceravolo has received speaker honoraria from UCB, Lundbeck, GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Novartis. P. Cortelli has received honoraria for speaking engagements or consulting activities with Allergan Italia, Boehringer Ingelheim Italia, Chelsea Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A, Lundbeck Italy, Merck Sharp & Dohme (Italia), Teva, UCB Pharma S.p.A, Chiesi Farmaceutici, and AbbVie srl. M. D'Amelio has received speaker honoraria from Lundbeck and Glaxo. He has received funding for travel from Lundbeck and Schwarz Pharma/UCB. He had received research support from Lundbeck and Novartis. M.F. De Pandis has received honoraria from GSK, UCB, Lundbeck, and Novartis. G. Fabbrini has received honoraria for speaking engagements from Lundbeck, Novartis, and Allergan. C. Pacchetti has received honoraria from Chiesi Farmaceutici. G. Pezzoli has received honoraria from Lundbeck, UCB, Meda Pharma, Novartis, and Chiesi. A. Tessitore has received speaker honoraria from Lundbeck, Novartis, Schwarz Pharma/UCB, and Glaxo. M. Canesi has received honoraria from Lundbeck, UCB, Novartis, GSK, Meda, Chiesi, B.I., and GE. C. Iannacone has received honoraria from Amgen Dompè, Bracco Imaging, Chiesi Farmaceutici, Enervit, MolMed, Nycomed, Roche, and Takeda. M. Zappia has received honoraria for lectures and educational activities from Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Lundbeck, UCB Pharma, Chiesi Farmaceutici, and Novartis. Go to Neurology.org for full disclosures.
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This study was funded by an unrestricted educational grant from Lundbeck (Italy). Lundbeck Italia SpA participated in the study design and was responsible for data collection, monitoring, and statistical analysis. The authors were responsible for study design, interpretation of data, writing the manuscript, and decision to publish. Authors had complete access to the database and vouch for the completeness and accuracy of the data and data analysis. Lundbeck Italia SpA provided funding for editorial and formatting assistance under direction of the authors.
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All authors were involved with the study design and data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the results (steering committee meetings), and all authors critically reviewed drafts and gave approval to the final version of this article. Fabrizio Stocchi produced the first draft of the manuscript and also participated in literature searches and revision of the manuscript. Anita Chadha-Patel (medical writer) assisted with the systematic literature search and editing of the manuscript.
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