Use of Melatonin in people with Parkinson’s disease - service improvement audit


By Alison Kearney, Parkinson's Nurse Specialist, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Poster

Introduction

  • Sleep disturbance in PD is common approximately 70% affected.

  • Associated with poor quality of life

  • Types of sleep disturbance = restless legs, excessive daytime sleepiness REM sleep behaviour disorder

  • NICE guidance “Consider clonazepam or melatonin to treat RBD if a medicines review has addressed possible pharmacological causes” (NICE., 2017)

  • Melatonin has a significant role in the circadian rhythm regulatory function

Currently:

  • Melatonin is being used to treat sleep disorders in the Scarborough/Bridlington region

  • Subjectively reviewed at clinic visits without an objective measure

  • Allowed for community prescription in patient within the East Yorkshire CCG but not for the North Yorkshire region – all of which attend the same PD service coordinated by Scarborough Hospital

Objective

  • To evaluate use of melatonin in patients with PD and associated REM sleep behaviour disorder

  • To objectively quantify effect, allowing for cost analysis of use and standardise protocols for use over the region using PDSS.

  • To ensure every patient does a PDSS before and after starting melatonin

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