Low Vision Occupational Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parkinson Disease
• Interventions: Behavioral: Low Vision Occupational Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04127838
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

The primary aim of this study is to determine whether low-vision occupational therapy improves quality of life in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients. Low-vision occupational therapy has not been previously studied in PD patients, and we suspect that this is a beneficial treatment option for PD patients as vision impairment is common in the PD patient population. Our primary objective will assess whether quality of life was improved following a low-vision occupational therapy session.

Detailed Description

This project will be an exploratory study that will evaluate the benefits of low vision occupational therapy in the treatment of PD using the Revised Self-Report Assessment of Functional Visual Performance (R-SRAFVP) as the primary outcome measure. This tool assesses 33 vision-dependent ADLs ranging from personal care, leisurely activities, clothing management, meal preparation, etc. Patients are able to rank their ability to complete these tasks as independent, minimally difficult, moderately difficult, greatly difficult, unable, or not applicable. This will allow us to capture potential changes in the patient's ability to complete vision-specific ADLs following low vision occupational therapy. In addition, we will also evaluate quality of life using the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39), to compare this broad outcome measure with the R-SRAFVP.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-13
• Study Start: 2019-10-16
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-16
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-13
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Study Completion: 2022-06-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-06
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 33

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 and older
• seen at UAB Movement Disorders Clinic
• diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
• able to read, speak, and understand spoken English.

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Exclusion Criteria

• minors
• cognitively impaired

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Low Vision Occupational Therapy	Low Vision Occupational Therapy	The anticipated low vision occupational therapy intervention strategy includes training participants to compensate for their vision more effectively for increased participation in ADLs and IADLs.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Activities of Daily Living	Changes measured in the R-SRAFVP from the initial visit as compared to the visit six months later.	Revised Self-Report Assessment of Functional Visual Performance (R-SRAFVP). This tool assesses 33 vision-dependent ADLs ranging from personal care, leisurely activities, clothing management, meal preparation, etc. Patients are able to rank their ability to complete these tasks as independent, minimally difficult, moderately difficult, greatly difficult, unable, or not applicable.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in quality of life	Changes measured in the PDQ-39 from the initial visit as compared to the visit six months later.	Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39); The PDQ-39 assesses how often people affected by Parkinson's experience difficulties across 8 dimensions of daily living including relationships, social situations and communication

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States