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Triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue in Parkinson’s disease

  • Iris Lin,

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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  • Briana Edison,

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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  • Sneha Mantri,

    Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Neurology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

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  • Steven Albert,

    Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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  • Margaret Daeschler,

    Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States of America

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  • Catherine Kopil,

    Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, New York, NY, United States of America

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  • Connie Marras,

    Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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  • Lana M. Chahine

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    lchahine2018@gmail.com

    Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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Abstract

Background

Fatigue is common in Parkinson’s Disease, but few effective treatments are available for it. Exploring triggers and alleviating factors, including effects of exercise, could inform development of management strategies for Parkinson’s Disease fatigue.

Objectives

To examine triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue reported by individuals with Parkinson’s Disease, including perceived effect of exercise.

Methods

A sample of individuals with self-reported Parkinson’s Disease participating in the study Fox Insight were administered an online survey. The survey included the Parkinson's Fatigue Scale, the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, and multiple-choice questions about triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue.

Results

Among the sample of 1,029 individuals with Parkinson’s disease, mean (standard deviation (SD)) age was 67.4 (9.3) years, 44.0% were female. Parkinson’s Fatigue Scale score ranged from 16–80, mean (SD) 48.8 (16.2). Poor sleep (62.1%) and physical exertion (45.1%) were frequently reported triggers for fatigue. Coping strategies including sitting quietly (58.1%), laying down with or without napping, and exercise (20%). Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly scores were higher in those who reported that exercise alleviated their fatigue (49.7%) compared to those who reported it worsened their fatigue (18.9%) (mean (SD) score 158.5 (88.8) vs 119.8 (66.6) respectively; p<0.001).

Conclusions

Several behavioral and environmental triggers and alleviating strategies for fatigue are reported by individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Many feel that exercise alleviates fatigue, though the relationship between exercise and fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease appears complex. This exploratory study may inform future development of treatments or coping strategies for Parkinson’s disease fatigue.

Citation: Lin I, Edison B, Mantri S, Albert S, Daeschler M, Kopil C, et al. (2021) Triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue in Parkinson’s disease. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0245285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245285

Editor: Claudio Liguori, University of Rome Tor Vergata, ITALY

Received: July 18, 2020; Accepted: December 24, 2020; Published: February 4, 2021

Copyright: © 2021 Lin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Data Availability: De-identified components of the data used in our analysis can be accessed from the Fox Den at foxden.michaeljfox.org using the search criteria found in the Methods section of the manuscript. The Fox Insight committee has determined that the free-text portion of data used in this analysis should not be included publicly on the Fox Den to protect the privacy of participants. Data inquiries may be directed to: foxden@michaeljfox.org.

Funding: This study was funded by the Michael J Fox Foundation (MJFF). MJFF also provided support in the form of salary for authors CM, LMC, and SM, and provided consultant fees for author SM. Cerevel Therapeutics provided support in the form of salary for author SM and Deep Brain Innovations LLC provided consultant fees for author SM. Authors CK and MD are or were previously employed by the MJFF, the sponsor of this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.

Competing interests: The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: The Michael J Fox Foundation (MJFF), which sponsored this study, is funded by ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Intec Pharma, Lundbeck Inc., and Sunovion Pharmaceutical. Author SM receives research support from MJFF, from the Parkinson Foundation (PF), and from Cerevel Therapeutics, was a paid consultant to MJFF, is a study site investigator for a study sponsored by Neuraly Rho, is a study site sub-investigator for a study sponsored by Biogen, and received consulting fees from Deep Brain Innovations, LLC. Author CM receives research support from MJFF, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, from PF, and from the International Parkinsons and Movement Disorder Society, and is a site investigator for a research study supported by Theravance Biopharma. Author LMC receives research support from MJFF, receives research support from the UPMC Competitive Medical Research Fund, is study site investigator for a study sponsored by Biogen, receives research support from the National Institutes of Health, receives royalties from Elsevier (for authorship), and receives royalties from Wolters Kluwel (for authorship). Authors CK and MD are or were previously employed by the MJFF. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.

Introduction

Fatigue in Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in over half of patients and has significant negative impact on both quality of life and the ability of patients to carry out daily activities [1–6]. Many patients find fatigue to be one of their most bothersome symptoms [7–9], yet few effective interventions for PD fatigue exist [10–12]. The etiology and pathophysiology of fatigue in PD is likely multifactorial [13–16], contributing to the challenges of developing therapeutics. While wearing off of PD medications may be associated with fatigue [17], and fatigue is levodopa-responsive in at least some patients [18, 19], other precipitating and alleviating factors for fatigue in PD are not well described. In particular, physical activity, which may be neuroprotective and is a core component of PD management [20–23], appears to have mixed effects on fatigue [24–27], but data are limited. To address this gap in knowledge, and toward informing future development of therapeutics, we examined patient-reported triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue in PD. Given the integral role exercise has in PD management and its potential as a treatment for PD fatigue [28–34], as well as the potential for physical activity to precipitate fatigue, we focused on patient-perceived effects of exercise on their fatigue.

Materials and methods

Sample

This work occurred as part of the Michael J Fox Foundation’s Parkinson’s Disease Education Consortium (PDEC) 2018 research program on the experience and impact of fatigue in PD, as described previously in detail [35]. Briefly, the sample was drawn from the Fox Insight (FI) cohort. FI is an online-only study that includes individuals aged 18 and older with self-reported Parkinson’s disease [36]. De-identified data used in this analysis are available on Fox Den at foxden.michaeljfox.org. Individuals with PD who were residents of the United States and had completed the Physical Activity Score for the Elderly (PASE) and Geriatric Depression Scale-15 item (GDS-15) in the prior 90 days (as part of their FI study assessments) received an email inviting them to participate in a survey about PD fatigue. Of the 3,531 FI participants who received the email invitation, 1,036 completed the survey (response rate 29.3%). Seven respondents were excluded for missing data (age, sex, year of diagnosis); thus, a final sample of 1,029 are included in this analysis.

This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study and the FI study are approved by the New England Institutional Review Board (IRB; IRB study number for this study: 1279414, IRB study number for FI: 120160179), and online consent is obtained from each participant at enrollment.

Assessments

Data collected as part of regularly-scheduled FI study assessments that were included in this analysis are:

  • Demographics: age, sex, race
  • PD disease duration (time from patient-reported month/year of diagnosis to month/year of survey participation)
  • Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) part II, motor experiences of daily living [37]
  • Geriatric Depression Scale-15 item (GDS-15) [38]
  • Sleep and sleepiness were assessed with the Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson's disease-SLEEP [39]. This scale is recommended for assessing sleep in PD [39, 40]. It asks about pertinent symptoms in the prior month. It has a nighttime subscale (SCOPA-NS), maximum score 15, higher scores indicating worse subjective nighttime sleep; and daytime sleepiness subscale (SCOPA-DS), maximum score 18, higher scores indicating more daytime sleepiness.
  • PD Medications: Participants were presented with a list of PD medications and could pick one or more. For purposes of this analysis, medications were grouped into 3 categories: levodopa, dopamine agonist, and other (including monoamine oxidase inhibitors and amantadine).
  • Physical Activity Scale of the Elderly (PASE): The PASE is a self-reported measure of subjects’ recent activities, with higher PASE scores (range 0 to 500) indicative of higher levels of overall physical activity [41]. Subscores for light, moderate, strenuous and strength / endurance exercise per week were generated: frequency of exercise x duration per bout of exercise.

The survey related to fatigue that was administered to eligible FI participants included the following:

  • The Parkinson Fatigue Scale (PFS) [42, 43], a PD-specific scale recommended for the evaluation of fatigue in PD [44]. A total score is generated as the sum of individual items, range 16 to 80. Higher scores are indicative of higher levels of fatigue. As described in scoring methods [42], subjects with a modified total score of at least 8 were categorized as “fatigued;” all others were categorized as “not fatigued.”
  • A series of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) were developed based on results of a pilot phase that included telephone interviews with patients about their experience with PD fatigue, as previously described [35]. Each of these MCQs included an accompanying definition of fatigue, stating, ‘There are many ways in which to define fatigue. For the purpose of this survey, please think of fatigue as “an abnormal and excessive lack of energy".’ Table 1 includes the survey questions as administered to participants.
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Table 1. Fatigue survey MCQs.

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Data analysis

Descriptive statistics were used to summarize demographics and questionnaire responses. In light of different manifestations of fatigue in males vs females with PD [5, 35, 45, 46], and in younger (<65 years) vs older (≥65 years) age groups [47–49], we compared these groups to explore whether there are also demographic differences in triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue, using chi2 test of homogeneity. Where the chi2 test omnibus p-value<0.05, adjusted residuals were compared post-hoc. A given demographic subgroup was considered significantly more likely to choose a given trigger or alleviating factor when the adjusted residual was >2.

To examine the relationship between exercise and fatigue, four groups were compared, defined according to their response on the question about perceived effect of exercise on fatigue (no effect, exercise improves fatigue, exercise worsens fatigue, or doesn’t exercise). Kruskal-Wallis was used to compare univariate differences in clinical characteristics and physical activity levels (PASE total score and subscores) among the four groups; based on Bonferroni adjustment, p<0.0125 was considered statistically significant.

Data were analyzed using Stata/IC 12.1 (StataCorp LP, College Station TX).

Results

The final sample included 1,029 participants. Subject characteristics are shown in Table 2; mean (standard deviation) age was 67.4 (9.3) years, 56% were male, and mean disease duration was 4.6 years. There was a range of fatigue in the cohort; 465 (45.2%) of the sample were categorized as having fatigue based on dichotomized PFS score.

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Table 2. Cohort characteristics.

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Triggers of fatigue

Self-reported triggers for fatigue are shown in Table 3.

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Table 3. Triggers and coping strategies for fatigue reported by cohort as a whole and in demographic subgroups.

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The most frequently reported triggers were a poor night’s sleep (62.1%), physical exertion from exercise or sports (45.1%), and a busy day (44.2%). Other reported triggers included emotions (30.5%) and being overheated (22.2%). Twelve percent could not identify a specific trigger for fatigue. A trigger that was significantly more likely to be cited by males compared to females was physical exertion (51.2% vs 37.3%), whereas triggers more commonly cited by females compared to males included a busy day (51.7% vs 38.4%) and emotions (34.1% vs 27.6%). Respondents <65 were more likely to report a poor night’s sleep (69.5% vs 58.4%), a busy day (54.1% vs 39.3%), emotions (38.4% vs 26.6%), being overheated (26.5% vs 20.0%), and taking PD medication (22.7% vs 16.9%) as a trigger for fatigue.

Mean (SD) PFS score was 49.9 (15.8) among the 789 respondents taking levodopa, 50.0 (15.7) among the 258 respondents taking dopamine agonists, and 48.0 (16.4) among the 337 respondents taking other PD medications. PD medications were selected as a trigger for fatigue by 194 of respondents. Comparing these 194 participants to the 835 who did not select PD medications as a trigger for their fatigue, the proportion who reported taking an agonist was higher (n = 63 (33% of 194) versus n = 195 (23% of 835) respectively, p = 0.008), as was the proportion taking levodopa (n = 164 (85% of 194) versus n = 625 (75% of 835), p = 0.004), but there was no significant difference in the proportion taking “other” PD medications (n = 75 (39% of 194) versus n = 262 (31% of 835), p = 0.052). Additionally, among the 686 participants who reported experiencing OFF periods, 42.8% of those reported being more fatigued during medication OFF periods, 4.6% reported being more fatigued during medication ON periods, and 35.1% reported no relationship between fatigue and ON/OFF periods.

Strategies for coping with fatigue

The most frequently reported coping strategies for fatigue (Table 3) were engaging in activities while sitting quietly (e.g. television or reading, 58.1%), laying down or resting without sleeping (52.6%), and sleeping (48.1%). A coping strategy that was more likely to be cited by males compared to females was sleeping (52.1% vs 43.0%), whereas coping strategies more commonly cited by females compared to males included sitting quietly doing an activity (62.3% vs 54.9%), laying down to rest without sleeping (56.3% vs 49.7%), meditating (9.9% vs 6.1%), and sitting in a bath or jacuzzi (7.1% vs 2.8%). Respondents <65 were more likely to employ drinking caffeine (23.0% vs 13.1%) as a coping strategy for fatigue. Of the 104 patients who reported that taking medications helped them cope with fatigue, 74 (71.2%) of those participants utilized formulations of levodopa, 7 (6.7%) utilized dopamine agonists (e.g. Pramipexole or Ropinirole), 5 (4.8%) utilized MAO-B inhibitors (Rasagiline or Selegiline), and 4 (3.8%) utilized benzodiazepines.

Effect of exercise on fatigue

As shown in Table 3, 45.1% of participants reported physical exertion (e.g. from strenuous exercise or participating in sports) as a trigger for fatigue, while 19.0% reported using exercising as a coping strategy for fatigue. 51.2% of males reported physical exertion as a trigger for fatigue, compared to 37.3% of females (p<0.0001).

When queried specifically regarding whether they felt that exercise improved or worsened fatigue levels, approximately half of participants (49.7%) reported feeling that exercise improved fatigue (Table 4). A smaller proportion reported feeling that exercise either did not affect fatigue (18.6%) or worsened fatigue (18.9%), or that they do not exercise (9.5%). Of the 200 who reported that exercise improved their fatigue, 173 (86.5%) indicated exercise as a coping strategy for their fatigue. There were no significant differences in age, sex, or disease duration between groups.

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Table 4. Characteristics and activity levels in relation to perceived effect of exercise on fatigue.

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The group who reported that fatigue was improved by exercise had significantly lower MDS-UPDRS II score and GDS-15 score compared to all other groups (Table 4). They had significantly lower scores on SCOPA-DS compared to the groups who either felt that exercise worsened fatigue or did not exercise at all. PFS scores were lower in the group who felt that exercise helped their fatigue compared to those who felt that exercise worsened fatigue (mean PFS score 46.2 vs 55.2 respectively, p<0.001).

For the sample as a whole, PFS score and PASE total score were moderately inversely correlated (spearman’s ρ = -0.232, p<0.001). Those who felt that exercise helped their fatigue had significantly higher PASE scores compared to the other groups (Table 4). Of note however, light and moderate activity levels were not different between those who felt exercise improves versus worsens fatigue.

Discussion

In this sample of individuals with PD with a range of fatigue severity, several triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue were identified. Physical activity emerged as both a trigger and alleviating factor for fatigue.

Several of the triggers for fatigue that were reported may be modifiable. Poor sleep was cited in this study as a major contributor to fatigue, especially among respondents younger than 65, highlighting the importance of assessing nighttime sleep in PD [50]. Additionally, a busy day was cited as a frequent triggering factor; this was reported more commonly by female participants and those younger than 65 years of age. As for other triggers, one-third of participants noted emotions as triggering fatigue; these participants were also more likely to be female and younger than 65. This warrants further study, as does the potential for including coping strategies for emotional distress, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy [51], in the therapeutic approach to PD fatigue. About one-fifth of participants cited over-heating as a trigger for their fatigue. Temperature dysregulation, including hypohidrosis, is seen in PD [52]. Counseling patients on the potential for high environmental temperatures to trigger fatigue may be warranted.

As for strategies to cope with fatigue, the most common ones were not surprising: resting, with or without sleep. Our study suggests than males tend to prefer sleeping, whereas females tend to prefer resting without sleeping. These findings may reflect sex differences in napping propensity and the relationship between nighttime sleep, daytime sleepiness, and fatigue [53, 54]. Increasing data support the utility of daytime napping in PD [55], but the timing and duration of daytime naps needs to be balanced with potential effects on nighttime sleep. Caffeine is used to manage fatigue by a substantial minority in our sample, especially respondents younger than 65 years of age. This raises the possibility that caffeine may not only help daytime sleepiness but also fatigue in PD [56], and warrants further study.

Our results highlight a complex relationship between dopaminergic medications and fatigue in PD. Fatigue scores were similar among patients taking different types of PD medications (levodopa vs dopamine agonists vs other PD meds). Both intake of PD medications and wearing off of those medications emerged as a subjective trigger for fatigue. The proportion taking levodopa and dopamine agonist was higher among those who reported PD medication as a trigger for fatigue. These results must be interpreted with caution; whether these findings reflect medication-induced fatigue or whether disease severity or other patient characteristics confound the relationship between fatigue and medications requires further study. Nevertheless, sleepiness resulting from dopaminergic medications, especially dopamine agonists but also levodopa, is well documented [57]. Some patients may experience this as a sense of fatigue as well, or may not necessarily make a distinction between sleepiness and fatigue [35]. In a patient with PD fatigue, especially one being treated with a dopamine agonist, consideration for medication-induced hypersomnolence is important. A careful clinical history may help distinguish between hypersomnolence and fatigue. In some patients who cannot make this distinction, an adjustment of dopaminergic medication may still be considered. In addition, our findings reinforce the importance of assessing for non-motor symptoms such as fatigue as a manifestation of OFF periods [58, 59], and adjusting PD medications accordingly.

Half of participants reported that exercise improved fatigue levels and fatigue severity was lower in that group. Additionally, roughly one-fifth of participants reported using exercise as a coping strategy for fatigue; this did not vary significantly by sex or age. Our study design does not allow for examination of causality, but data from other patient populations indicates that exercise could have a potential benefit on fatigue. Exercise improves cancer-related fatigue [60] and chronic fatigue syndrome [61]. The potential utility of exercise to improve PD fatigue is important to explore further.

By contrast, nearly one in five participants reported that exercise worsens their fatigue. Total PASE scores were lower in the group that reported worsening of fatigue with exercise (though light/moderate exercise/activity levels were similar to those who feel that exercise improves their fatigue). Fatigue has been identified as a barrier to exercise in PD patients with fatigue [62], as has low outcome expectations, i.e. lack of expectation for exercise to derive benefit [63]. These factors could explain the lower levels of physical activity in the group who reported exercise worsens their fatigue. Fatigue occurring as a result of physical exercise is not unique to the PD population and has been reported by other disease populations [64–66]. In chronic fatigue syndrome, Black et al suggest that vigorous exercise or a 30% increase in activity can trigger a relapse [65]. On the other hand, those individuals who reported that exercise exacerbates their fatigue had more severe disease and it is likely that other factors besides fatigue contributed to low physical activity levels. For example, participants who were more depressed also tended to exercise less and to be less active. Daytime sleepiness is also an important non-motor symptom that can be difficult for patients to distinguish from fatigue; in our respondents, those with both worse subjective nighttime sleep and greater daytime sleepiness also tended to feel less positively about the effects of exercise on fatigue. A further exploration of how other non-motor comorbidities may influence activity levels and perceived effects of exercise on PD fatigue, including not only depression [24] and sleep disturbances [50, 67], but also apathy and dysautonomia [68], is needed.

Another key aspect to understand in the relationship between exercise and fatigue is the influence of intensity of exercise. Physical exertion at an intensity or duration which exceeds the individual’s capabilities can exacerbate fatigue [65, 69]. While high intensity exercise may offer therapeutic benefits on motor function and progression beyond low-intensity exercise, [30, 70–73], the effects of high intensity exercise on PD fatigue are less understood. It is likely that there are subgroups of PD patients that vary according to perceived and physiological effects of exercise on their motor and non-motor symptoms and especially fatigue, and understanding the determinants of this is critical. This in turn can inform individualized exercise prescriptions, which account for patient characteristics, comorbidities, fatigue severity, and other non-motor symptoms, in order to maximize the benefits of exercise in PD while avoiding exacerbating fatigue, or even potentially helping it.

There are several limitations to our study. Our study lacks a healthy control group, and conclusions cannot be drawn regarding whether the experiences of fatigue captured in our sample of PD patients is significantly similar or different from fatigue experienced by the general non-PD population. Because the study was conducted via online survey, we were only able to capture data from PD patients with the technological and socioeconomic ability to access the internet. The respondents on Fox Insight were predominantly white [36], and results may not be broadly applicable to all racial groups. Our survey response rate of 29.3% also limits generalizability. The PASE is self-administered in our study, as opposed to being conducted via interview with a trained administrator; however, in other instances where PASE was self-administered, subjects were as likely to over-categorize as under-categorize their activity level, and the magnitude of miscategorization was small [74]. The survey did not query the dosages of medications that respondents are taking, limiting our ability to examine the dose-dependent relationships between fatigue and dopaminergic medication. Similarly, the survey did not query the specific types of exercises that respondents are employing as coping strategies for fatigue. Both of these domains would be valuable to investigate in future research. And finally, due to the observational, cross-sectional nature of the study, we are unable to draw conclusions regarding causality of associations.

Conclusion

Our study describes some of the self-reported factors that affect fatigue in PD patients. Many different factors were reported by patients to worsen fatigue, including physical activity, poor sleep, and medication wearing off. Exercise was also reported to help fatigue in half of patients but was perceived to worsen fatigue in others. From a practical standpoint, our results demonstrate that some patients can often identify triggers for their fatigue; counseling patients to keep symptom diaries or otherwise explore their individual habits may in turn allow them to avoid triggers or to institute interventions. Similarly, patients use a variety of coping mechanisms for their fatigue. Our results suggest several potential strategies that require further investigation, including strategic daytime napping, the use of caffeine, exercise, and strategies to cope with emotions. Demographic differences in triggers and coping strategies indicate that a personalized approach may be important, and clinical trials investigating treatments for PD fatigue may benefit from stratifying by age and sex when examining treatment effects. The perceived effect of exercise was more mixed; additional study is needed to further elucidate the effects of exercise upon fatigue in PD patients, and especially to determine how exercise programs need to be tailored for PD subgroups in relation to their fatigue.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Parkinson’s community for participating in this study to make this research possible.

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