Isolated dream-enactment behaviours as a prodromal hallmark of rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder
J Sleep Res. 2022 Nov 21:e13791. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13791. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecurrent dream-enactment behaviours (DEB) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia (RSWA) are two diagnostic hallmarks of REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), a specific prodrome of α-synucleinopathy. Whilst isolated RSWA (without DEB) was suggested as a prodrome of RBD, the implication of 'isolated' recurrent DEB remains under-investigated. In this cross-sectional study, we sought to investigate neurodegenerative markers amongst the first-degree relatives (FDRs, aged >40 years) of patients with RBD who underwent clinical assessment for DEB, neurodegenerative markers, and video-polysomnography assessment. Isolated recurrent DEB was defined as: (i) three or more episodes of DEB, (ii) had a DEB episode in the past 1 year, and (iii) subthreshold RSWA. We identified 29 FDRs (mean [SD] age 53.4 [8.3] years, 55.2% male) with isolated recurrent DEB and 98 age and sex-matched FDRs as controls. Isolated DEB was associated with nightmare (27.6% versus 11.2%, p = 0.02), and the DEB group had a higher rate of current smoking (27.6% versus 3.1%, p = 0.006), type 2 diabetes mellitus (24.1% versus 10.2%, p = 0.003), anxiety disorder (24.1% versus 11.2%, p = 0.02), and constipation (hard lump of stool, 31.0% versus 7.1%, p < 0.001) than the control group. The present findings revealed that family relatives of patients with RBD with isolated recurrent DEB have increased risk of RBD and neuro...
Source: Journal of Sleep Research - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Bei Huang Jihui Zhang Jing Wang Steven Wai Ho Chau Joey Wing Yan Chan Mandy Wai Man Yu Shirley Xin Li Li Zhou Vincent Mok Yun Kwok Wing Yaping Liu Source Type: research
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