PULIGHEDDU M.

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Goal: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) is a REM parasomnia that is associated to high risk of developing ⍺-synucleinopathies, as Parkinson's disease (PD) or dementia with Lewy bodies, over time. This study aims at investigating the presence of autonomic dysfunctions in RBD subjects, with and without PD, by assessing their sleep structure and...

Background: Currently, no standard scale has been validated to assess overall severity of RBD symptoms in the home environment. We aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the International RBD Severity Scale (IRBD-SSS), a new tool designed by the International RBD Study Group. Methods: Two versions of the IRBD-SSS were created, one for...

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly affected daily habits and psychological wellbeing, and many studies point to large modifications in several sleep and sleep-related domains. Nevertheless, pre-sleep arousal during the pandemic has been substantially overlooked. Since hyperarousal represents one of the main factors for the...