Clinical Characteristics of Minor Hallucinations in Chinese Parkinson's Disease Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychotic symptoms are common in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the clinical characteristics of PD psychosis (PDP) have been rarely reported in Chinese PD patients. We aimed to categorize PDP in a PD cohort and its relationship to other clinical characteristics.

Methods

A total of 149 Chinese PD patients were consecutively enrolled, and idiopathic PD patients were recruited in the study. The symptoms of PDP were assessed with the enhanced Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms in PD. Then, the patients were classified into a PD-control group, isolated minor hallucination (MH) group, and complex MH group, and clinical and demographic data of different groups were compared.

Results

Parkinson's disease psychosis was present in 40.3% (60/149) of our

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8810481 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature