Prevalence of repetitive and reward-seeking behaviors in Parkinson disease

Neurology. 2006 Oct 10;67(7):1254-7. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000238503.20816.13. Epub 2006 Sep 6.

Abstract

We surveyed 297 patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with systematic screens and rigorous definitional criteria. Pathologic hypersexuality lifetime prevalence was 2.4%. Compulsive shopping was 0.7%. Combined with our pathologic gambling data, the lifetime prevalence of these behaviors was 6.1% and increases to 13.7% in patients on dopamine agonists.

Publication types

  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Comorbidity
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Dopamine Agonists / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / epidemiology*
  • Ontario / epidemiology
  • Parkinson Disease / diagnosis
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy
  • Parkinson Disease / epidemiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Dopamine Agonists