Continuous observation of Parkinsonian symptoms using symptom diaries & wearable accelerometry

Treatment adjustments in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) are often based on clinical evaluations at single time points which are insufficient to adequately assess real-life motor fluctuations. Patient-written symptom diaries on the other hand are highly subjective and require well-educated and adherent patients to provide reliable results. Wearable accelerometry might provide a reliable, objective, and continuous diagnostic method to assess PD motor symptoms & fluctuations. However, large datasets of simultaneous sensor data and symptom diaries are needed for such method development and validation. We here provide a well-described, open-science dataset of simultaneous, bilateral, wrist-worn accelerometry and symptom diary data from 66 participants (41 male, 25 female) with PD. On average, participants provided data for 6.0 consecutive days resulting in a total of 393.8 days for the dataset as a whole. Symptom diaries include data on kinetic state, tremor, freezing of gait, falls, and PD-related medication intake. Further demographic information is also provided. This dataset will support the development and validation of accelerometry-based approaches to assessing motor symptoms and fluctuations in PD.