Dynamical transition process of sleep stage in Parkinson's disease and sleep apnea patients

Abstract

We compared the dynamics of the sleep stage transition patterns between Parkinson's disease patients and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients in this study. There was significant difference between the two patient groups in the normalized relative transition probability from the REM sleep stage to the wake stage and that from the REM sleep stage to the NREM1 sleep stage. Moreover, there was significant difference between the two patient groups in duration time distribution of the wake stage and that of the NREM1 sleep stage.