Effectiveness of Online Program and Task-related Training for Parkinson's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age45-70
SponsorChang Gung University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of online self-management program and on-site task-related training for people with early stage Parkinson's disease.

people with early stage of Parkinson's disease (age range: 45-70 years) will be randomly assigned into the following three groups: control group, online self-management program group and on-site task-related training group.The control group will receive no treatment during the experimental period. For the other two groups, participants will receive the intervention twice a week, one hour per session and 12 sessions in total.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. the potential impact of motor and non-motor symptoms on activity participation and quality of life for people with early stage of Parkinson's disease (PD). 2. compare and examine the the effectiveness of online self-management program and on-site task-related training for people with early stage Parkinson's disease on activity participation and quality of life.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Willingness to sign the informed consent form.

Age between 45 and 70 years, with mild idiopathic Parkinson's disease and Hoehn and Yahr stage 1-2.

No cognitive impairment.

No severe depression that could affect the motivation to participate in the study.

Disqualifiers

Other central nervous system diseases, such as stroke.

Have major surgery on the head or upper limbs.

Inability to perform the reaching task while sitting.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • on-line self-management training
  • onsite task-related training

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators