Table 1 Non-motor symptoms in the studied patients by NMS-Quest
From: Non-motor symptoms in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease patients
Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
Dribbling of saliva during the daytime | 2 (4.9%) | 39 (95.1%) |
Loss or change in your ability to taste or smell | 4 (9.7%) | 37 (90.3%) |
Difficulty swallowing food or drinking or problems with choking | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Vomiting or feelings of sickness (nausea) | 4 (9.7%) | 37 (90.3%) |
Constipation (less than three bowel movements a week) or having to strain to pass a stool | 30 (73.1%) | 11 (26.9%) |
Bowel (fecal) incontinence | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Feeling that your bowel emptying is incomplete after having been to the toilet | 9 (21.9%) | 32 (78.1%) |
A sense of urgency to pass urine makes you rush to the toilet | 11 (26.9%) | 30 (73.1%) |
Getting up regularly at night to pass urine | 15 (36.6%) | 26 (63.4%) |
Unexplained pains (not due to known conditions such as arthritis) | 2 (4.9%) | 38 (95.1%) |
Unexplained change in weight (not due to change in diet) | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Problems remembering things that have happened recently or forgetting to do things | 11 (26.9%) | 30 (73.1%) |
Loss of interest in what is happening around you or in doing things | 19 (47.5%) | 22 (53.6%) |
Seeing or hearing things you know or are told they are not there | 11 (26.9%) | 30 (73.1%) |
Difficulty concentrating or staying focused | 9 (21.9%) | 32 (78.1%) |
Feeling sad, “low,” or “blue” | 19 (47.5%) | 22 (53.6%) |
Feeling anxious, frightened, or panicky | 13 (31.7%) | 28 (68.3%) |
Feeling less interested in sex or more interested in sex | 25 (61%) | 16 (39%) |
Finding it difficult to have sex when you try | 19 (47.5%) | 22 (53.6%) |
Feeling light-headed, dizzy, or weak standing from sitting or lying | 6 (14.6%) | 35 (85.4%) |
Falling | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Finding it difficult to stay awake during activities such as working, driving, or eating | 2 (4.9%) | 39 (95.1%) |
Difficulty getting to sleep at night or staying asleep at night | 14 (34.1%) | 27 (65.9%) |
Intense, vivid, or frightening dreams | 9 (21.9%) | 22 (55%) |
Talking or moving about in your sleep, as if you are “acting out” a dream | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Unpleasant sensations in your legs at night or while resting, and a feeling that you need to move | 2 (4.9%) | 39 (95.1%) |
Swelling of the legs | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Excessive sweating | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Double vision | 0 | 41 (100%) |
Believing things are happening to you that other people say they are not | 11 (26.9%) | 30 (73.1%) |