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Improving Screening For Sleep Disturbance In Patients With Parkinson’S Disease, Jenny Nguyen Msn, Fnp-C
Improving Screening For Sleep Disturbance In Patients With Parkinson’S Disease, Jenny Nguyen Msn, Fnp-C
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Background: Sleep disturbance (SD) is one of the most common and debilitating non-motor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease (PD). SD intensifies the disease-related disabilities of motor and non-motor symptoms. In spite of this, it is often under-recognized and underaddressed by healthcare professionals. The Movement Disorder Society recommends the Parkinson’s disease Sleep Scale (PDSS – 2) be used to screen and measure severity of overall sleep problems in this patient population.
Objectives: The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project is to increase the utilization of the PDSS-2, a standardized approach to assessment of sleep difficulties. This can facilitate identification of individual …