Parkinson's disease sleep scale (PDSS - 2)
The symptoms of Parkinson's can cause particular problems for people during sleep such as insomnia, restlessness, cramps, incontinence and vivid dreams or hallucinations.
Last reviewed
Topic
- Service improvement
- Symptoms
- Treatments and medication
Resource type
- Tools
Profession
- Doctor (geriatrician)
- Nurse (Parkinson's nurse)
- Nurse (other)
- Occupational therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Psychologist
- Social care assessor
Stage
- Complex
- End of life
- Maintenance
Health and care professionals, as well as people with Parkinson’s, can use the Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Scale (PDSS-2) to self-rate and measure sleep disruption in order to target treatments effectively
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- Chaudhuri K.R, Trenkwalder, C 2010