Connecting the Lab to Everyday Life: The Relevance of Executive Dysfunction to Participation and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease (PD) Without Dementia

Connecting the Lab to Everyday Life: The Relevance of Executive Dysfunction to Participation and Quality of Life in PD Without Dementia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00917280

Acronym

Lab2Life

Enrollment

174

Registered

2009-06-10

Start date

2008-12-31

Completion date

2014-07-31

Last updated

2015-06-03

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Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

Parkinson's Disease

Brief summary

The overall purpose of this research is to learn how Parkinson's disease affects thinking and memory in everyday life. Participation will involve thinking tests, questionnaires and interviews about thinking and activities in everyday life.

Detailed description

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

PD participants: * WUSM Movement Disorders Clinic patients * males or females between 40 and 70 * meet criteria for idiopathic typical PD * classified at Hoehn & Yahr12 stage I, II, or III * are currently treated with levodopa/carbidopa Inclusion Criteria Control: * The groups will be matched for age, education and gender * No Parkinson Disease

Exclusion criteria

PD participants and Control: * suspected dementia * treatment with certain dopaminergic, anticholinergic or benzodiazepine medications * other neurological problems * brain surgery * history or current psychotic disorder * any condition which would interfere with testing * control only: a biological family history of PD and being a caregiver or spouse of someone who has PD

Countries

United States

Outcome results