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Influence of Emotions on Decision-making in Parkinson's Disease

Influence of Emotions on Decision-making in Parkinson's Disease

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03342339
Enrollment
44
Registered
2017-11-14
Start date
2018-02-08
Completion date
2020-02-20
Last updated
2021-01-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Keywords

influence of emotions, positif emotional induction, decision making, Iowa Gambling Task

Brief summary

Parkinson's disease mainly affects the dopaminergic neurons of the Substancia nigra, which project on the striatum. Neuronal death within this structure leads to a decrease in dopamine levels. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter essential to the proper functioning of the basal ganglia highly involved in the control of voluntary and involuntary movements. It also leads to cognitive and behavioral changes. Among these changes, the investigators will mainly remember the idea of the emergence of difficulties to make the right decisions, for example at the financial, medical .... This disruption would be the result of executive dysfunction. By definition, executive functions allow us to evaluate, plan and organize our actions to achieve a goal.

Detailed description

Some research shows that positive emotional states are associated with greater self-confidence, greater optimism, and better regulation of our decision-making. The goal is to test whether positive emotional induction could improve decision-making in Parkinson's disease. Listening to music would decrease anxiety levels and increase self-esteem levels. Who says Parkinson says dopamine deficiency and so the investigators can think that the investigators can help patients by inducing a positive emotion through musical stimulation. All participants will be subject to emotional induction. They will be divided into two different conditions: either they will be induced in a positive state, or they will be maintained in a neutral state. For this, video clips (positive or neutral) containing music will be presented. Immediately after the presentation of the video, participants will have to perform the Iowa Gambling Task test. This is a sequential task to evaluate decision-making capabilities.

Interventions

mini mental test of Parkinson, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, 5 words by Dubois, fast test frontal assessment, Trail Making Test

OTHERviewing of video

viewing during 5 minutes scale of differential emotions and Positive and Negative Affect Scale

Test of Iowa Gambling Task

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

for patients : * Diagnosis of the disease carried out by a hospital doctor * Stable treatment for two months minimum. * Mini-Mental Parkinson \> 26 * Under dopaminergic treatment

Exclusion criteria

for patients : * other neurological or psychiatric antecedents * anxio-depressive symptomatology * delusional or psychotic state Inclusion Criteria for witnesses : * matched in age and sex * Vision and hearing normal or successfully corrected * Understand the French language * general level in the test standard

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
net score of Iowa Gambling Task Testday 1calculated by adding the number of cards taken in the right pile and subtracting it from the number of cards chosen in the wrong pile

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026