Low Vision Occupational Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT04127838

Last Updated: 2022-06-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 33 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-10-16
• Study Completion Date: 2022-06-03

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Low Vision Occupational Therapy

The anticipated low vision occupational therapy intervention strategy includes training participants to compensate for their vision more effectively for increased participation in ADLs and IADLs.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Low Vision Occupational Therapy

Intervention Type: 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).

Interventions

Low Vision Occupational Therapy

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).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Occupational Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Marissa Dean, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Marissa Dean, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Locations

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

IRB-300003853

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id