Objective:To investigate the correlated factors and predictors of mild cognitive impairment in patients with
Parkinson's disease and its clinical characters.Methods:According to the diagnostic criteria of Movement Disorder Society Task Force
for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease, 81 PD patients were evaluated by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA),and
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (Ⅰ-Ⅲ).Results:In 81 PD patients, 47 cases (58 %) were with mild cognitive impairment
PD-MCI and 23 cases (28 %) were with no cognitive impairment(PD-NCI). Patients (14 %) with mild impaired cognition had a disease
duration of less than 5 years. There was significant difference between PD-MCI and PD-NCI group in education (P<0.05), H&Y stage
(P<0.05), the L-dopa equivalent daily dose (LEDD)(P<0.05); the score in PD-MCI group was significantly lower in visuospatial and
executive functioning(P<0.05), delayed recall (P<0.05), attention(P<0.05), language (P<0.05) and abstract (P<0.05) subdomains
compared with that of PD-NCI group. The difference of UPDRSⅢ and postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) were statistically
significant in two groups (P<0.05). MoCA score of PD-MCI group was negatively correlated with age (r = -0.31, P<0.05), H&Y stage
(r=-0.44, P<0.05), UPDRS-Ⅲ (r=-0.32, P<0.05), UPDRS-Ⅱ(r=-0.35, P<0.05), UPDRS-Ⅰ(r = -0.40, P<0.05), bradykinesia(r=-0.38,
P<0.05) and PIGD (r=-0.31, P<0.05), and MoCA score of PD-MCI group was positively correlated with education (r=0.30, P<0.05).
Including MoCA score as the dependent variable, and age, H&Y stage, education, UPDRS-Ⅲ, UPDRS-Ⅱ, UPDRS-Ⅰas the independent variables, PD-MCI was predicted by age (beta coefficients -0.06, P<0.05) and H&Y stage (beta-coefficients -0.80, P<0.05). Furthermore,
multiple regressions with UPDRS subscale scores were conducted to examine their unique contributions to cognitive function. When
including bradykinesia and PIGD subscale scores, only bradykinesia predicted PD-MCI(beta-coefficients -0.12, P<0.05).Conclusion:Mild cognition impairment is one of the common non-motor symptom with highly prevalence in PD, which is mainly characterized by the
dramatic impairments in the cognitive domains of visuospatial and executive functioning, delayed recall, attention, language. Poorer
cognitive performance is associated with increasing disease severity, age, movement disorder and education, especially in bradykinesia
and PIGD. Mild cognitive impairment may be predicted by age, H&Y and bradykinesia. |