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The effects of brain training on how persons with Parkinson's disease think and feel

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Cognitive training of executive functioning on emotion regulation in Parkinson’s Disease
Nervous System Diseases
Registration Number
ISRCTN95614581
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Reading
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
66
Inclusion Criteria

1. Individuals diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease.
2. Approximately aged 45 years to 75 years.
3. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing.
4. Have access to a computer or laptop with a speaker.
5. English Speaker.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Neurological disease (other than PD).
2. A diagnosis of a mental health condition.
3. A history of serious head injury.
4. Patients with deep brain stimulation.
5. A Geriatric Depression Scale score indicating clinical levels of depression.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Measured at 2-week, 1-month and 2-month follow up:<br>1. Scores on the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003); measuring general reappraisal ability and commonly employed strategies.<br>2. The Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988); a 20-item self-report mood scale, with 10 items measuring positive emotions and 10 items assessing negative emotions. <br>3. The Paced Auditory Serial Attention Task (PASAT; Gronwall, 1977); measuring working memory and near-transfer effects of the intervention. <br>4. The Digit Span Task (Wechsler et al., 2008); measuring working memory and far-transfer effects of the intervention. <br>5. The Colour-Shape Task (Miyake, Emerson, Padilla, & Ahn, 2004); measuring set-shifting.<br>6. The Go/No-Go task (Rush, Barch, & Braver, 2006); measuring response inhibition.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
There are no secondary outcome measures
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