Trial reportJAMA neurology2013
Randomized controlled clinical trial of "virtual house calls" for Parkinson disease.
Trial report in JAMA neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 102 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Providing Specialty Care to Individuals With Parkinsonism Directly in Their Homes Via Web-based Video Conferencing- A Comparative Effectiveness Study
Using Technology to Deliver Multi-disciplinary Care to Individuals With Parkinson Disease in Their Homes: the Connect.Parkinson Study
Remote Access to Care, Everywhere: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Patient-centered Care to Patients With Parkinson Disease
Who cites it
102 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 238 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of telerehabilitation in reducing motor disability and enhancing quality of life in parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Digital Health Interventions on Motor Symptoms, Nonmotor Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Patients With Parkinson Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Telemedicine Interventions on Motor and Nonmotor Outcomes in Parkinson Disease: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Tele-neuropsychological assessment tools in Italy: a systematic review on psychometric properties and usability.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation on Motor Impairments, Non-motor Symptoms and Compliance in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Cost-utility analysis of a coadjutant telemedicine intervention for fall prevention in Parkinson's disease.European journal of neurology · 2025Trial
- ParkinSong Online: Feasibility of Telehealth Delivery and Remote Data Collection for a Therapeutic Group Singing Study in Parkinson's.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2024Trial
- Interrater reliability between in-person and telemedicine evaluations in obstructive sleep apnea.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Trial
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- Video chat technology to remotely quantify dietary, supplement and medication adherence in clinical trials.The British journal of nutrition · 2016Trial
- National Randomized Controlled Trial of Virtual House Calls for People with Parkinson's Disease: Interest and Barriers.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2016Trial
- Virtual house calls for Parkinson disease (Connect.Parkinson): study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial.Trials · 2014Trial
- Hospital-to-Home Neurological Transition Care: A Scoping Review Across Selected Chronic Neurological Disorders.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Televisits for Parkinson's disease: benefits and barriers.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- Accessible assessment of motor and cognitive symptoms in Parkinson's disease: integrating large datasets, machine-learning, and videoconferencing.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Digital Inclusion in Parkinson's Disease: A Case-Control Study.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025Article
- PARKA AI: A Sensor-Integrated Mobile Application for Parkinson's Disease Monitoring and Self-Management.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
importanceThe burden of neurological disorders is increasing, but access to care is limited. Providing specialty care to patients via telemedicine could help alleviate this growing problem.
objectiveTo evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness, and economic benefits of using web-based videoconferencing (telemedicine) to provide specialty care to patients with Parkinson disease in their homes.
designA 7-month, 2-center, randomized controlled clinical trial.
settingPatients' homes and outpatient clinics at 2 academic medical centers.
participantsTwenty patients with Parkinson disease with Internet access at home.
interventionCare from a specialist delivered remotely at home or in person in the clinic.
main outcome measuresThe primary outcome variable was feasibility, as measured by the percentage of telemedicine visits completed as scheduled. Secondary outcome measures included clinical benefit, as measured by the 39-item Parkinson Disease Questionnaire, and economic value, as measured by time and travel.
resultsTwenty participants enrolled in the study and were randomly assigned to telemedicine (n = 9) or in-person care (n = 11). Of the 27 scheduled telemedicine visits, 25 (93%) were completed, and of the 33 scheduled in-person visits, 30 (91%) were completed (P = .99). In this small study, the change in quality of life did not differ for those randomly assigned to telemedicine compared with those randomly assigned to in-person care (4.0-point improvement vs 6.4-point improvement; P = .61). Compared with in-person visits, each telemedicine visit saved participants, on average, 100 miles of travel and 3 hours of time. CONCLUSION AND RELEVANCE: Using web-based videoconferencing to provide specialty care at home is feasible, provides value to patients, and may offer similar clinical benefit to that of in-person care. Larger studies are needed to determine whether the clinical benefits are indeed comparable to those of in-person care and whether the results observed are generalizable.
trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01476306.
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