Improving Self-Awareness of Motor Symptoms in Patients With Parkinson's Disease by Using Mindfulness - A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to increase self-awareness in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) using a newly developed mindfulness-based intervention, tailored for the specific needs of PD patients. Its impact on self-awareness and patients' daily lives is currently being evaluated.

Background

Recently, the phenomenon of impaired self-awareness for motor symptoms (ISAm) and some non-motor symptoms has been described in PD. ISAm can negatively influence patients' daily lives, e.g., by affecting therapy adherence, and is therefore the main focus of this study. The main goal is the development of IPSUM ("Insight into Parkinson's Disease Symptoms by using Mindfulness"), a PD-specific intervention for increasing patients' mindfulness and thereby reducing ISAm.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Buchwitz TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7180229 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature