Predictable Risk Factors for the Feeling of Presence in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The detailed relations between feeling of presence (FOP) and hallucinations remain uncertain in Parkinson's disease (PD). The prospective studies of risk factors predicting the onset of FOP have yet to be reported on. We prospectively investigated risk factors for FOP to identify factors related to the development of first-onset hallucinations from FOP in patients with PD who were followed up for 2 years.

Methods

From among the 100 consecutive patients, we registered 78 patients with PD. Once every 1 to 3 months, the same sole interviewer personally asked these patients during 2 years of follow-up. Seventeen independent variables were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression analysis using forced entry.

Results

Seventeen patients newly presented wit

SUBMITTER: Kataoka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178595 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature