Comparison of Different Health Care Delivery Methods in a Rural Underserved Population of People With Parkinson's Disease
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Feasibility of remote data collection
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this observational study is to compare the ability to perform telemedicine visits at home, at a regional clinic close to home, and in-person in People with Parkinson's disease. The main question it aims to answer is whether telemedicine assessments provide high quality care to people with Parkinson's disease. Participants will perform a regular clinic visit followed by research evaluations of their disease. Researchers will compare the results of these assessments at the different visit types to see if there are differences in the results.
详细描述
The purpose of the current project is to determine whether care for people with Parkinson's disease can be performed as well using telemedicine as it can be when people visit their neurologist in-person. We hope that the findings from this project will help 1) improve the quality and access of healthcare to those parts of Arkansas where access may be limited, 2) decrease the costs of healthcare in movement disorders, and 3) allow more people with Parkinson's disease to feel like they are participating in finding a cure by taking part in research. It will also allow us to improve on ways to collect information from people with Parkinson's, even in their own homes, to help us design future research studies. This will be important to help develop treatments that are for each person, not just the disease as a whole.
Specific Aims of the Study:
AIM 1: To determine whether telehealth assessments provide high quality care to people with Parkinson's disease. We will do this by performing and comparing the results of assessments that are regularly used in clinics and in research repeated in 3 different settings, at-home via telehealth, at a regional center via telehealth, and in-person at UAMS.
AIM 2: To improve tools for studying large collections of information that are collected using multiple different methods. We will do this by using a health information database that we have developed for this purpose. We will use voice and handwriting analysis compared in the three different settings to develop ways to track disease progression in Parkinson's disease.
How we plan to accomplish those Aims:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 45 Years 至 90 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age range of 45- to 90-years old
- •Diagnosis of idiopathic PD as defined by the UK Brain Bank criteria.
排除标准
- •Cognitive impairments sufficient to preclude capacity to provide informed consent, as determined by Dr. Virmani or Dr. Dhall on the basis of each potential participant's stated understanding of the study following review of the consent form;
- •Diagnosis of neurological disorder other than PD
- •Diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder (other than depression or anxiety from PD)
- •Use of anti-dopaminergic medications in 1-year period prior to enrollment
- •Inability to complete questionnaires or effectively communicate in English
- •Inability to perform research assessments via smartphone, tablet or computer.
结局指标
主要结局
Feasibility of remote data collection
时间窗: 12 weeks
Feasibility of remotely collecting high-quality research data on a smartphone, tablet, or home computer.
次要结局
未报告次要终点