Visual Test May Flag Risk for Parkinson's Dementia

[KAKALI]

An online visual test may identify patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) at highest risk for dementia, results of a new study suggest. The analysis showed that patients with PD did worse than controls on tests of specific aspects of visual processing related to object recognition, which could be a clue that cognition is affected.

[SUMON]

@kakali Dementia affects up to half of patients with PD within 10 years of diagnosis. Studies show that patients with visual processing deficits are at highest risk for dementia.