A questionnaire-based (UM-PDHQ) study of hallucinations in Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hallucinations occur in 20-40% of PD patients and have been associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes (i.e., nursing home placement, increased mortality). Hallucinations, like other non-motor features of PD, are not well recognized in routine primary/secondary clinical practice. So far, there has been no instrument for uniform characterization of hallucinations in PD. To this end, we developed the University of Miami Parkinson's disease Hallucinations Questionnaire (UM-PDHQ) that allows comprehensive assessment of hallucinations in clinical or research settings.

Methods

The UM-PDHQ is composed of 6 quantitative and 14 qualitative items. For our study PD patients of all ages and in all stages of the disease were recruited over an 18-month period. The UPDRS, MMS

SUBMITTER: Papapetropoulos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2443167 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature