The cost-effectiveness of specialized nursing interventions for people with Parkinson's disease: the NICE-PD study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current guidelines recommend that every person with Parkinson's disease (PD) should have access to Parkinson's disease nurse specialist (PDNS) care. However, there is little scientific evidence of the cost-effectiveness of PDNS care. This hampers wider implementation, creates unequal access to care, and possibly leads to avoidable disability and costs. Therefore, we aim to study the (cost-)effectiveness of specialized nursing care provided by a PDNS compared with usual care (without PDNS) for people with PD in all disease stages. To gain more insight into the deployed interventions and their effects, a preplanned subgroup analysis will be performed on the basis of disease duration (diagnosis < 5, 5-10, or > 10 years ago).

Methods

We will perform an 18-month, singl

SUBMITTER: Radder DLM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature