Development and Evaluation of a Self-management Guide for Community-dwelling People With Parkinson's Disease Who Fall and Their Informal Caregivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Feasibility and acceptability of the guide
研究概览
简要总结
This study will investigate whether it is possible, through the development and evaluation of a self-management guide, to improve health related quality of life and concern of falling in people with Parkinson's disease who fall, and reduce caregiver burden in their informal caregivers.
详细描述
This study will progress through four phases
Phase One
Establish the needs and preferences of people with Parkinson's (PwP) who fall and their informal caregivers for the effective self-management of falls. This will be achieved through questionnaires distributed to 30-40 PwP and their caregivers, with responses analysed through the use of descriptive statistics. A purposive sample of participants, selected through responses to the questionnaire, will be invited to participate in semi-structured interviews. Interviews will be conducted until data saturation has been achieved. These interviews will seek to further identify the thoughts and experiences of PwP and their caregivers in relation to falling, with responses analysed through thematic analysis.
Phase Two
Establish the needs and preferences of PwP who fall and their informal caregivers for the effective self-management of falls, as perceived by healthcare professionals specialising in the care of PwP. This will be achieved through semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 10 healthcare professionals involved in the care of PwP who fall. The interviews will be analysed with thematic analysis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease, with or without cognitive impairment
- •People with Parkinson's living in their own home
- •At least one fall in the preceding year, as reported by the person with Parkinson's or the caregiver
- •Able to read a newspaper without severe difficulty, with or without glasses
- •An informal caregiver of a person with Parkinson's meeting the criteria for inclusion in the study
排除标准
- •Diagnosis of a Parkinson's Plus syndrome
- •People with Parkinson's living in a residential or nursing home
- •No falls in the preceding year
- •Non-fluent in verbal and written English
研究组 & 干预措施
Self-management guide for falls in Parkinson's
A guide for people with Parkinson's and their caregivers to self-manage falls.
干预措施: Self-management guide for people with Parkinson's who fall and their informal caregivers (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Feasibility and acceptability of the guide
时间窗: 3 months
This will assessed through response to a questionnaire, with responses analysed through descriptive statistics
次要结局
- Caregiver burden of their informal caregivers as measured on the Zarit Burden Interview scale short version(3 months)
- Health related quality of life of people with Parkinson's as measured on PDQ8(3 months)