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Compassion Program for Parkinson

NCT05410769 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2022-06-08

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Summary

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. Second only to Alzheimer's in incidence on the population, Parkinson's disease has a negative impact on the quality of life of both patients and caregivers. Despite the prevailing attention to motor symptoms, such as bradykinesia, tremor and rigidity, the typical Parkinsonian symptom includes a wide range of non-motor symptoms that invalidate various aspects of the patient's autonomy, cognitive, behavior and mood that impact on patients' quality of life and that of caregivers.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Compassion Focused Therapy

This pilot study aims to propose for the first time a Compassion protocol (Compassion Program for Parkinson) to a group of patients with PD and a group of caregivers and to evaluate its feasibility and effectiveness. The investigators aim to assess whether the program is effective in improving the quality of life and psychiatric symptoms of the patients and caregivers. The Compassion program is a healthy form of self- acceptance, which involves being touched by one's own suffering, along with the desire to alleviate it and treat oneself with understanding and kindness. The duration of the protocol will be 6 weeks (1 meeting/ week of 2 hours). The investigators will recruit 40 patients and 20 caregivers who will be assessed pre and post intervention (Compassionate Mind Training) with interviews, self reports and measurement of the heart rate variability.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Neuromed IRCCS

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-31
Primary Completion
2022-09-30
Completion
2023-05-31

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