Abstract
Abstract
Background
The progression of sleep disturbances remains unclear in patients with early multiple system atrophy (MSA). We aimed to explore the frequency, severity, and coexistence of 2-year longitudinal changes of sleep disturbances including REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), and Parkinson’s disease-related sleep problems (PD-SP) in early MSA.
Methods
MSA patients with a disease duration < 3 years were enrolled to complete a 2-year follow-up visit. Sleep disturbances including RBD, EDS, and PD-SP were assessed using the RBD Screening Questionnaire, Epworth sleepiness scale, and PD sleep scale-2, respectively.
Results
A total of 220 patients with MSA enrolled in the study and 90 patients completed the 2-year follow-up visit. The score of all three sleep disturbances significantly increased over the 2-year follow-up in MSA and MSA with the predominant parkinsonism group (all p < 0.05). The frequency of PD-SP (from 14.5 to 26.7%) and EDS (from 17.7 to 37.8%) was progressively increased (all p < 0.05) except for RBD (from 51.8 to 65.6%, p = 0.152) over the 2-year follow-up in MSA. The frequency of coexistence of two or three sleep disturbances also increased over time. The most common sleep disturbance was RBD, followed by EDS and PD-SP over the 2-year follow-up.
Conclusions
The present study demonstrated that the frequency of different types of sleep disturbances progressively increased except for RBD and the coexistence of two or three sleep disturbances became more common over time in early MSA. Our study suggested that the assessment and management of sleep disturbances should begin early in MSA.
Funder
Sichuan Science and Technology Program
Sichuan Postdoctoral Program
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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