Trial of CBT for impulse control behaviors affecting Parkinson patients and their caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the effects of a novel cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention delivered by a nurse therapist to patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with clinically significant impulse control behaviors (ICB).

Methods

This was a randomized controlled trial comparing up to 12 sessions of a CBT-based intervention compared to a waiting list control condition with standard medical care (SMC). A total of 27 patients were randomized to the intervention and 17 to the waiting list. Patients with a Mini-Mental State Examination score of <24 were excluded. The coprimary outcomes were overall symptom severity and neuropsychiatric disturbances in the patients and carer burden and distress after 6 months. Secondary outcome measures included depression and anxiety, marita

SUBMITTER: Okai D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3598451 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature