Parkinson's Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Imagery, Pain, Depression, Non-Motor
Brief summary
Parkinson's disease patients may have severe non-motor symptoms. A common and troublesome non-motor symptom is pain. Currently these symptoms are treated with medication with limited success. Our study aims to determine whether relaxation guided imagery can alleviate pain in Parkinson's disease patients.
Detailed description
Parkinson's disease patients with severe pain without dementia will participate in this study aimed to examine a possible beneficial effect of relaxation guided imagery on pain. This will be a phase I, controlled, single blind and randomized efficacy study in 2 parallel groups. The study will include a baseline assessment of pain severity where after the intervention group will undergo relaxation guided imagery and the control group will listen to relaxing music. After these relaxation session patients will receive a CD with either relaxation guided imagery or relaxing music to listen to at home. Pain severity will be recorded for the following 6 weeks.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALRelaxation guided imagery
An individualized relaxation guided imagery session will be conducted. After the session patients will be given a CD with the relaxation guided imagery and asked to listen to it at home.
BEHAVIORALRelaxing music
An individualized session of listening to relaxing music will be conducted. After the session patients will be given a CD with the relaxing music and asked to listen to it at home.
Sponsors
Rambam Health Care Campus
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease suffering from significant pain.
Exclusion criteria
* Dementia * Hearing impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain scores on the visual analog scale | 6 weeks | Numeric rating scale after relaxation guided imagery as compared with baseline |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The brief Pain Inventory | 6 weeks | The brief Pain Inventory after relaxation guided imagery as compared with baseline |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health status measured by Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 39(PDQ39) | 6 weeks | PDQ39 after relaxation guided imagery as compared with baseline |
| Depression scores on Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) | 6 weeeks | BDI after relaxation guided imagery as compared with baseline |
| Non-motor symptom screening questionaire | 6 weeks | Non-motor symptom screening questionaire after relaxation guided imagery as compared with baseline |
Outcome results
None listed