Continuous observation of Parkinsonian symptoms using symptom diaries & wearable accelerometry.
Nesser TPR, van der Linden C, Schedlich-Teufer C, Brandt G, Barbe MT, Dembek TA
Abstract
Treatment adjustments in Parkinson's Disease (PD) are often based on clinical evaluations at single time points which are insufficient to adequately assess real-life motor fluctuations. Patient-written symptom diaries on the other hand are highly subjective and require well-educated and adherent patients to provide reliable results. Wearable accelerometry might provide a reliable, objective, and continuous diagnostic method to assess PD motor symptoms & fluctuations. However, large datasets of simultaneous sensor data and symptom diaries are needed for such method development and validation. We here provide a well-described, open-science dataset of simultaneous, bilateral, wrist-worn accelerometry and symptom diary data from 66 participants (41 male, 25 female) with PD. On average, participants provided data for 6.0 consecutive days resulting in a total of 393.8 days for the dataset as a whole. Symptom diaries include data on kinetic state, tremor, freezing of gait, falls, and PD-related medication intake. Further demographic information is also provided. This dataset will support the development and validation of accelerometry-based approaches to assessing motor symptoms and fluctuations in PD.