NCT03329833

Motivational Interviewing and Physical Activity Change in Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a 6-month telephone-based motivational interviewing intervention and a web-based application intervention to improve physical activity in participants with Parkinson's Disease.

Detailed description

Participants will be randomized into one of four groups to examine two separate interventions. The groups are: motivational interviewing (a counseling/coaching style), a web-based application for participants to keep track of their physical activity, a combination of the motivational interviewing and the web-based application, and an educational program on various issues related to Parkinson's Disease. The intervention will last 6 months with a follow-up appointment at 9 months. Participants will be asked to come to Galter Pavilion at Northwestern Memorial Hospital or Shirley Ryan AbilityLab a total of five times over the course of the nine months.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interviewing	Motivational interviewing will consist of weekly phone calls for two months, bi-weekly phone calls for two months, and monthly phone calls for two months.
BEHAVIORAL	Web-based application	Web-based application participants will be asked to log activity at least on a daily basis.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-20
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-04-30
• First posted: 2017-11-06
• Last updated: 2020-10-14

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States