Study of Comprehension and Execution of Medication Prescriptions in Parkinsonian Patients and Healthy Volunteers

Summary

Many patients with Parkinson's disease (Pd) don't respect medication prescriptions. Non-adherence is caused by several factors among which three play an important role: treatment complexity, cognitive decline, and patient-provider communication. One way for improving medication adherence in these patients is to identify the best way for adapting medication prescription presentation to these patients. This study is focused on prescriptions displayed on touch-screens and tablets.

This exploratory study aims at identifying the best format for presenting medication prescription to Pd patients. An experiment with Pd patients and healthy volunteers is carried out to analyze their behavior while filling a virtual pillbox from a education prescription presented electronically in different formats on a tablet or a touchscreen. A table format and a verbal format are compared to determine the most effective design for presenting medication schedules. A facilitating effect of the table format is hypothesized.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

OTHER

reading a table format prescription on a touch screen

Task consists in reading on a touch screen, or on a tablet, two fictive medication prescriptions. One is presented in a table format and the other in a textual format. Each prescription comprises two regular medications (same doses and moments of the day) and two irregular medications (different doses or different moments).

OTHER

reading a textual format prescription on a touch screen

Task consists in reading on a touch screen, or on a tablet, two fictive medication prescriptions. One is presented in a table format and the other in a textual format. Each prescription comprises two regular medications (same doses and moments of the day) and two irregular medications (different doses or different moments).

OTHER

filling a virtual pillbox displayed on the screen as prescribed in the prescription

filling a virtual pillbox displayed on the screen as prescribed in the prescription

OTHER

eye-tracker

In the touch-screen condition an eye-tracker is used to record eye fixations and scanpaths in real time.

OTHER

cognitive tests and questionary

Once the 2nd pillbox filling is finished a battery of cognitive tests and questionnaires is administered to participants to identify Pd subtypes of impaired performances.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-06-15

Primary Completion

2021-06-01

Completion

2021-06-01

Countries

• France

Study Locations