NCT05622396

Feasibility of an Adapted Mindfulness Program to Parkinson's Disease

A Pilot Feasibility Study of a Co-constructed Program (Patients - Experts) of Mindfulness Meditation Adapted to Patients With Parkinson's Disease.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility (primary objective) and the effects (secondary objectives) of an Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program adapted specifically for patients with Parkinson's disease.

Detailed description

In Parkinson's disease (PD) the psychological distress (anxiety and depression), is particularly impacting and often resistant to conventional drug treatment explaining the growing interest of patients in non-drug methods, such as mindfulness meditation. The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program has been evaluated in Parkinson's disease, showing main effects on anxiety and depression symptoms. These data remain, however, still fragile, particularly in terms of methodological robustness and number of patients involved and variable size of effects. A clinical trial was recently conducted at the Bordeaux University Hospital with 28 patients with Parkinson's disease . Preliminary results suggest that a program tailored specifically to the expectations and needs of patients with Parkinson's disease could, optimize accessibility, acceptability, and patient compliance for this type of approach while preserving clinical efficacy on anxiety and depression.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction	Inspired by the standard Mindfulness Based Stress Reductio program, the study MAdaPARK is a 8 week program with weekly sessions of 2h30 and a full day of practice designed from the analysis of the post-program interviews carried out as part of the M-PARK study,as well as the reflections of the working group specially set up for this purpose. Several areas of adaptation have been identified: shorter mediations, a break time during the sessions, more times for exchanges, a more developed practice in movement, and finally, more important work based on self-esteem and self-compassion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-16
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2022-11-18
• Last updated: 2023-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France