Parkinson Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Parkinson's Disease, Dual-task Assessment, Neurological Physiotherapy
Brief summary
The aim of our study is to investigate the validity and reliability of the Dual Task Impact on Daily-living Activities (DIDA-Q) to assess the degree of difficulty felt when performing dual tasks during activities of daily living in patients with Parkinson's disease. In our study, the validity and reliability of a questionnaire to assess the degree of difficulty felt while performing dual tasks during activities of daily living in Parkinson's Disease will be examined for the first time. The study will include 95 participants with Hoehn-Yahr Stage 1-3, diagnosed with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease and able to walk 10 metres without an assistive device.
Detailed description
Dual task ability is defined as the ability to perform two activities simultaneously . It is known that the ability to perform a motor or cognitive secondary activity at the same time during walking (talking to a person next to you while walking or carrying objects while walking) leads to gait and balance problems of different severity depending on the type of secondary task in Parkinson's Disease (PD). When patients with Parkinson's Disease (pwPD) are exposed to dual-task walking, their walking speed and length of stride decrease, and the frequency of freezing phenomena during walking increases. Consequently the risk of falling increase during activities of daily living. Individuals often perform dual tasks while performing activities of daily living because of the nature of the tasks' requirements. Therefore, it has become important to evaluate dual task performance in order to create the right treatment plan in the field of neurological physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Although dual task performance is evaluated with different formulae in the literature, the number of scales evaluating the level of difficulty perceived by the patient during the performance of activities of daily living under dual task is limited. The validity of the existing scales for PD has not been studied. The Dual-task Impact on Daily-living Activities Questionnaire (DIDA-Q) is a patient-reported questionnaire developed to assess the degree of difficulty perceived when performing dual tasks during activities of daily living.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTDual Task Impact on Daily-living Activities Questionnaire
This questionnaire makes us assess dual-task performance while performing daily-living activities.
Sponsors
Marmara University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
39 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosed with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease according to UK Brain Bank criteria * Walking at least 10 metres without an assistive device * To have the cognitive capability to understand and answer the questions asked in the scale
Exclusion criteria
* Having any neurological disease other than idiopathic Parkinson's Disease * The person has an orthopaedic or cardiopulmonary disease that affects walking * Severe hearing-visual impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIDA-Q | 1 week | Dual Task Impact on Daily-living Activities Questionnaire, higher scores means bad dual task performance |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dual Task Interference | 1 week | It is calculating with a formula which contain single and dual task performance. |
| Dual Task Questionnaire | 1 week | patient-reported questionnaire used to measure dual-task performance |
| Six Spot Step Test cognitive | 1 week | Designed to assess motor-cognitive dual task performance. |
| Mini-Mental State Examination | 1 week | a short questionnaire giving information about the cognitive status of the patients |
| Freezing of Gait Questionnaire | 1 week | a scale questioning the frequency of freezing and freezing qualities in walking |
| Parkinson Activity Scale | 1 week | a scale to assess patients' mobility and transfers |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed