Goal management training and psychoeducation / mindfulness for treatment of executive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: A feasibility pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As there is currently no pharmacological treatment for Parkinson's Disease Mild Cognitive Impairment (PD-MCI) with executive dysfunctions, specific cognitive interventions must be investigated. Most previous studies have tested bottom-up cognitive training programs but have not shown very good results.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to test ease of implementation, differential safety and preliminary efficacy of two top-down (strategy-learning) home-based, individualized, cognitive interventions: Goal Management Training (GMT), adapted for PD-MCI (Adapted-GMT), and a psychoeducation program combined with mindfulness exercises (PSYCH-Mind).

Methods

This was a single-blind block-randomized between-group comparative study. Twelve PD-MCI with mild execut

SUBMITTER: Giguere-Rancourt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8856541 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature