Training of Psychosocial Skills Based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Patients With Parkinson's Disease

N/ACompletedNCT02048605

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland30 enrolled

Overview

Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) will be trained using a cognitive behavioral group-training-program to reduce stress and augment quality of life. An unspecific group with the same amount and frequency of meetings is used as a control group. For the evaluation of the training effects, scales to assess quality of life, analyses of psychopathological variations as well as neurocognitive tests will be used. Protocol amendment in 1-2017: addition of FU year 3 and year 5.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Parkinson's Disease Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 45 YearsMax age: 95 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to United Kingdom Parkinson's Disease Brain Bank Criteria, being either cognitively normal, suffering from Mild Cognitive Impairment or having mild dementia. Patients must be able to give their written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate or severe dementia (DMS-IV, Mini Mental Status (MMS) \<24), other neurological or psychiatric diseases of the brain not related to PD, secondary parkinsonism, physical impairment hindering the adequate execution of the training, insufficient knowledge of German or pregnancy are exclusion criteria. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is no exclusion criterion.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life-Direct Weighting (SeiQol-DW)

Time frame: Before and after 9 weeks of training, After 6-month

Secondary Outcomes

Scale for the assessment of management of daily living (Alltagsbewältigungsskala: A-B-S)

Time frame: Before and after 9 weeks training, after 6 month