Table 3

Prevalence of non-motor symptoms from published studies using NMSQuest1 6–8 41–44

Non-motor symptomsMean (%)Range (%)
Cognitive
 Memory45.837.9–62.5
 Concentration38.729.6–50.0
Depression
 Sadness42.522.5–56.0
 Anxiety43.430.7–55.8
Sleep
 Excessive daytime somnolence30.521.2–37.1
 Insomnia40.917.6–52.5
 REM sleep behaviour disorder34.229.6–38.7
 Restless legs syndrome35.827.7–41.1
Fatigue41.531.1–58.1
Pain31.118.2–45.9
Gastrointestinal
 Swallowing25.416.1–30.3
 Constipation46.527.5–71.7
Urinary
 Urgency53.435–61
 Nocturia53.826.4–66.7
Global comparison
 NMSQ-PD8.34–19
 NMSQ-C3.52–12
  • Data taken from studies by Chaudhuri et al;1 Chaudhuri et al;6 Mollenhauer et al;7 Khoo et al;8 Martinez-Martin et al;41 Barone et al;42 Crosiers et al;43 Chen et al;44 and expresses mean values of non-motor symptoms.

  • PD, Parkinson's disease; NMSQ-PD, Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire in PD patients; NMSQ-C, NMSQ—in controls.