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NCT Number: NCT04127838

Low Vision Occupational Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Parkinson Disease Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Movement Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Parkinsonian Disorders Synucleinopathies

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Exclusion criteria

  • minors
  • cognitively impaired

Treatment and study plan

Low Vision Occupational Therapy

Behavioral

Occupational therapy may include methods to effectively modify environments (such as addition of task lighting), training in the use of assistive technology (such as voice activated devices), teaching new skills (such as sensory substitution) and prevention of accidents and injury (such as home safety modifications).

Other names: Occupational Therapy

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Activities of Daily Living

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. Change in quality of life

    Time frame: 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Oct 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Jun 7, 2022

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