Effectiveness of a Structured, Multi-Component Training Module for Family Caregivers of Persons with Parkinson’s disease
- Conditions
- Parkinson's DiseaseNeurological - Parkinson's disease
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000336684
- Lead Sponsor
- ational University of Malaysia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
(A) Persons with PD
1. Age 18-75 years old
2. Stage I and II of Parkinson’s disease based on Hoehn & Yahr (HY) scale
3. Availability of family caregivers.
(B) Family caregivers
1. Main caregiver who lives with the PD patient
(A) Persons with PD
1. Impaired physical function due to other conditions such as a recent fracture within the past 6 months, severe arthritis or other neurological disease such as peripheral neuropathy.
2. Have medical illness limiting participation in exercise, such as unstable angina and uncontrolled hypertension.
(B) Family caregiver:
1. Providing part-time caregiving due to availability of maid/helper
2. Presence of clinically diagnosed depression with a score of 16 or greater according to the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale as measured by therapist during screening.
3.Presence of mild cognitive impairment or dementia with a point of less than 26 according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) as measured by therapist during screening.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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