Treatment Acceptability and Satisfaction With Cough Skill Training in Parkinson's Disease: A Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Despite evidence to suggest that rehabilitation can improve airway protection in people with Parkinson's disease (pwPD), rehabilitative therapies are underutilized. One newer treatment approach with growing evidence to support its efficacy is cough skill training (CST). To improve utilization of rehabilitations such as CST, it is important to understand patient treatment experience. Therefore, the aim of this study was to define treatment acceptability and satisfaction of CST in pwPD.

Method

Thirteen pwPD were consecutively recruited from a trial during which participants completed two in-person sessions of CST via spirometry over 2 weeks. A mixed-methods approach was used, whereby quantitative data (obtained from questionnaires) and qualitative data (obtained from s

SUBMITTER: Sevitz JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12510374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature