Affective touch; reducing pain in Parkinson patients study 2 - Affective touch; reducing pain in Parkinson patients study 2

niversiteit Utrecht0 个研究点目标入组 34 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年4月9日

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•In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a participant must meet
•all of the following criteria:
•- Age >=18
•- Diagnosed with PD, confirmed by Het Diakonessenhuis department of neurology
•or St. Antonius Hospital department of neurology
•- Pain associated with PD (musculoskeletal, dystonic, akathisia) and pain
•worsened by PD (i.e. (osteo)arthritis or other age-related pain conditions)
•- Pain must be present for at least 3 months, with clear impact on
•physical/psychological functioning, which must be assessed as at least moderate
•in intensity (>=4 points on the BPI).

•A potential participant who meets any of the following criteria will be
•excluded from participation in this study:
•- Incapability of giving informed consent. To assess whether participants are
•able to give informed consent the token test will be used. The token test is
•used to assess language comprehension, if participants score below the cut-off
•score this may point to language comprehension problems which could alter their
•decision making and ability to provide informed consent, in which case
•participants are excluded from participation.
•- Incapability of interpreting questionnaires, the token test will also be used
•to assess the capability of interpreting the questionnaires.
•- Suffering from conditions that affect the ability to feel or process touch
•- Pain conditions that can also influence the perception and processing of
•touch; i.e. neuropathic pain, however if neuropathic pain does not alter the
•touch perception (allodynia) participant can still participate
•- A history of cerebral traumata or psychiatric disorders unrelated to PD
•(e.g., schizophrenic episodes)

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