Parkinson's disease
Conditions
Interventions
2:Usual control
Sponsors
The University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We will recruit Chinese patients with idiopathic moderate-advanced PD (as indicated by the Hoehn and Yahr Scale stages III-IV: those with unilateral/bilateral symptoms, with/without postural instability who are able to walk or stand unassisted) and their family caregivers. For the patient, they need to be: 1. Aged between 50-80 years; 2. Experienced at least mild depressive symptoms–as indicated by a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score >= 5 (15)–to ensure they are exposed to the core problem addressed by this study. As for the caregivers, they need to be self-identified as the primary co-residing caregivers of the patient counterparts for at least three months. Both of them need to be able to communicate in Cantonese. They will only be eligible if both the patient and caregiver in a dyad provide written consent to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are: 1. Have been engaged in regular systematic mind-body practices such as Tai Chi, qigong, yoga or other forms of mindfulness training (> 2 times per week) in the past 3 months; 2. Have pre-existing acute psychotic disease; 3. Are currently participating in any other behavioural or pharmacological trial; 4. Have significant cognitive impairment as indicated by the Abbreviated Mental Test score <= 6; 5. Have other contraindication(s) that may limit their full participation (e.g., severe hearing or vision impairment, etc.).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Depression (dyadic outcome); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety (dyadic outcome);Social support (dyadic outcome);Mindfulness (dyadic outcome);HRQOL (dyadic outcome);PD-related motor and non-motor symptoms (care-recipient outcome);Caregiving burden (caregiver outcome); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJojo Yan Yan Kwok
The University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed