- Gryc, Wojciech;
- Roberts, Kathryn A;
- Zabetian, Cyrus P;
- Weintraub, Daniel;
- Trojanowski, John Q;
- Quinn, Joseph F;
- Hiller, Amie L;
- Chung, Kathryn A;
- Poston, Kathleen L;
- Yang, Laurice;
- Hu, Shu-Ching;
- Edwards, Karen L;
- Montine, Thomas J;
- Cholerton, Brenna A
Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in Parkinson's disease (PD). We investigated the relationship between neuropsychiatric symptoms and current and future diagnosis of PD dementia (PDD). Individuals with PD who had a study partner were enrolled (n = 696). Study partners were administered the Neuropsychiatric Inventory or Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire at baseline. Participants were assigned a cognitive diagnosis at baseline and follow up visits. Hallucinations were significantly associated with a diagnosis of PDD cross-sectionally (p < 0.001) and with shortened time to dementia longitudinally among initially nondemented participants (n = 444; p = 0.005). Screening for hallucinations may be useful for assessing risk of dementia in participants with PD.