The landscape of interventional trials in Parkinson disease: A 10-year review of ClinicalTrials.gov between 2006 and 2016
Objective: To review the scope of interventional trials for Parkinson disease registered on clinicaltrials.gov in the past 10 years. Background: Parkinson disease (PD) is a broad chronic condition…Dyadic decision making & decisional satisfaction in advanced Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To assess (1) the types of healthcare and life preferences decisions the family dyad is making in advanced stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) and…Medication errors: The role of the nurse in an interdisciplinary home visit program for advanced Parkinson’s disease patients
Objective: To examine the number and types of medication errors detected by a registered nurse during interdisciplinary home visits for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease…Assessment and connection to care: The vital role of the social worker in an interdisciplinary home visit program for advanced Parkinson’s disease patients
Objective: 1) To describe the role of social workers in managing the care coordination of homebound patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD); 2) to demonstrate…Efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) patient education and post operative support: A summary of 3 months monitoring of unscheduled patient phone requests. An Australian private neurology clinic experience
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of preoperative DBS patient education and postoperative DBS clinical support through monitoring of unscheduled patient and others phone requests in…Utilizing remote blood pressure monitoring in a phase III clinical drug trial for Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To determine the feasibility and value of remote blood pressure (BP) monitoring during a clinical trial of isradipine (a dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist) in…Identification of barriers preventing disclosure of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s patients to healthcare providers
Objective: 1) To identify patient barriers to help-seeking for non-motor symptoms (NMS) from their Parkinson's healthcare provider, 2) To determine whether barriers are symptom specific…A clinical trials ‘charter’ to improve communication about, recruitment to and retention in Parkinson’s clinical trials
Objective: The objective of the project was to design a durable tool, usable by clinical trial investigators and participants alike, that would improve subject retention…Impact of expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) on phonatory performance in Parkinson’s patients
Objective: The current study adopted a randomized control trial (RCT) design to investigate the impact of expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) on vocal loudness and…Pathological findings from two Parkinson’s disease patients after intraputaminal GDNF infusion
Objective: To describe the postmortem findings from two patients who underwent intraputaminal infusion of glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). Background: GDNF has been shown to have…