ArticleFrontiers in neurology2023
Therapeutic education for empowerment and engagement in patients with Parkinson's disease: A non-pharmacological, interventional, multicentric, randomized controlled trial.
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- Fear-related psychological experiences in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of patient education interventions on non-motor symptoms and disease outcomes in parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of patient education interventions on non-motor symptoms and disease outcomes in parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Pooled it
- Caregivers' burden and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: A systematic review of qualitative studies.European journal of neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Supporting Medication Adherence in Parkinson's Through Education: A Scoping Review of Interventions.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Identification of the Medicine-Related Priorities for People With Parkinson's During Hospitalisation: A Systematic Review Using Meta-Ethnography.Parkinson's disease · 2026Review
- Exploring deep brain stimulation willingness in Black individuals with Parkinson's disease.Equity neuroscience · 2025Article
- Accessibility of Device-Aided Therapies for Persons With Parkinson's Disease in Poland.Journal of movement disorders · 2024Article
- Exploring barriers and educational needs in implementing dual-task training for Parkinson's disease: insights from professionals.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Patient Empowerment for Those Living with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Perceptions of Clinical Academics and People With Parkinson's Disease on Delivery of Regional Interdisciplinary Model of Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
Background: In 1997 the European Parkinson's Disease Associations launched the Charter for People with Parkinson's disease that stated the right of patients to be informed and trained on the disease, its course, and treatments available. To date, few data analyzed the effectiveness of education program on motor and non-motor symptoms of PD. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an education program as it was a pharmacological treatment, thus choosing as the primary endpoint the change in daily OFF hours, the most widely used outcome in pharmaceutical clinical trials on PD patients with motor fluctuations. Secondary outcomes were change in motor and non-motor symptoms, quality of life and social functioning. The long-term efficacy of the education therapy was also evaluated by analyzing data collected at 12- and 24-weeks follow-up outpatient visits. Methods: One hundred and twenty advanced patients and their caregivers were assigned to the intervention or control group in a single-blind, multicentric, prospective, randomized study evaluating an education program structured in individual and group sessions over a 6-weeks period.At the end of study, the intervention group showed a significant reduction in daily OFF hours compared to control patients (-1.07 ± 0.78 vs. 0.09 ± 0.35, Conclusion: The results obtained demonstrated that education programs may translate in a notable improvement in motor fluctuations and non-motor symptoms in advanced PD patients.
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