Clinical Features of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in the population-based CLSA Cohort: Can we improve the screening tools?

Online Event

12/12/2018, 12:00 pm - TO 12/12/2018 - 1:00 pm

Organizer: Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact / Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), featured as acting out of dream, is the strongest known predictor for parkinsonism. It is estimated that idiopathic RBD patients have around 80-85% of phenoconversion rate to parkinsonism within five years, upon the first clinical visit. Since polysomnography test is expensive and time-consuming, several questionnaires were developed over the years to pre-screen for possible RBD patients in clinic. This webinar presents research that aims to improve the accuracy of RBD screening tools using the population-based cohort from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.