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This study aimed to explore the potential mediation roles of depression and cognitive impairment between RBD and ADL in PD patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) database comprised 337 patients. RBD, ADL, depression, and cognitive function were assessed with validated rating scales. Bayesian dynamic mediation analysis was employed to evaluate the separate mediating effects of depression and cognition in mediating RBD and ADL with the time variable (9 times) standardized to the interval [0, 1] via min\u2013max normalization. Multiple time-varying causal mediation analysis was used to assess the role of depression and cognition together in mediating RBD and ADL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      At the second follow-up (0.25), the fourth follow-up (0.50), and the sixth follow-up (0.75), the Bayesian dynamic indirect mediating effect of depression between RBD and ADL were 0.058 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.039-0.077), 0.065 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.046-0.084), 0.082 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.061-0.103). The corresponding time-function curve revealed that the mediating effect of depression gradually increased with time. At the 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 standardized time points, the Bayesian dynamic indirect mediating effect of cognition between RBD and ADL were 0.062 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.038-0.086), 0.087 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.044-0.130), 0.136 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      0.096-0.176), and its time-function curve likewise indicated an increasing trend over time. The joint mediating analysis of the bidirectional decomposition method of the multiple time-varying causal mediation model confirmed that the joint mediating effect of depression and cognition between RBD and ADL was 7.42 (95%\n                      <jats:italic>CI<\/jats:italic>\n                      4.48-10.36).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrates that depression and cognition can work independently and together, and that reducing depressive symptoms or improving cognition can mediate the reduction of RBD to improve the ADL of PD patients. Notably, this mediating effect gradually intensifies as the duration of the disease progresses. These findings highlight that for PD patients, preventing emotional depression and cognitive decline in the early stage of the disease may reduce the damage caused by RBD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyt.2026.1776297","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,20]],"date-time":"2026-03-20T06:37:01Z","timestamp":1773988621000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Depression and cognition mediated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder to improve the activities of daily living in Parkinson\u2019s disease patients"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jing","family":"Cui","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Tongji Shanxi Hospital","place":["Taiyuan, Shanxi, China"]},{"name":"Department of Health Statistics, School of Public 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