Improving self-awareness for motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's Disease by using Mindfulness
- Conditions
- G20.1
- Registration Number
- DRKS00015807
- Lead Sponsor
- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
• Male and female patients with clinical diagnoses of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (IPD) following MDS-criteria
• IPD-Stadium II – IV following Hoehn & Yahr (in OFF-State)
• IPD-Therapy: No changes during the last 14 days
• Patients between 45 and 85 years old
• Patients must be able to consent and subscribe a declaration of consent
• Patients must show signs of impaired self-awareness of motor Symptoms during screening procedure
• Patients must speak the german language fluently
• Patients who suffer from another cognition impairing disease (such as vascular incidents, tumor, etc.)
• Patients with severe Depression (BDI-II > 18 points) and/or Dementia (PANDA < 15 points)
• expected incompliance regarding study participation
• severe motor complications (unforeseeable ON-OFF-states, severe dyskinesias, severes OFF-Dystonia)
• increased risk of falling
• current psychotic symptoms
• state after recent stroke, intracranial Operation, cerebral tumor
• state after lung embolism, myocardial infarction, endocarditis during the last 3 months
• regular (at least once per week) practice of yoga or Meditation during the last 3 months
• Optional: MRI-Contraindication: The use of magnetic fields during MRI measurement disqualifies people with medical electrical Equipment (e.g. Pacemaker, medication pump, etc.) or metal parts (e.g. bolts after bone fracture) in or at the body. Pregnant women are also disqualified. Patients who do not want to be informed of possible incidental findings cannot participate as well.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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