NCT07097298

Empathy and (Self-)Compassion in Parkinson's Disease Patients and Caregivers

Empathy and (Self-)Compassion to Improve the Quality of Life of Parkinson's Disease Patients and Caregivers: an Exploratory Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Alain Kaelin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to improve quality of life in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients by increasing their empathy and their (self-)compassion. The main question it aims to answer is: Does the level of quality of life in PD patients and caregivers improve after empathy/(self-)compassion training? Participants will be delivered a 6-week empathy and compassion training (mindfulness, writing and poetry exercises addressing the cognitive, emotional, motivational and behavioural components of (self-)compassion) and will also be asked to answer questionnaires before and after the training

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease(PD)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	empathy and compassion training	A 6-week empathy and compassion training will be designed and delivered involving PD patients and caregivers. During the compassion training participants will do mindfulness, writing and poetry exercises

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-11-06
• Primary completion: 2027-07-01
• Completion: 2027-07-01
• First posted: 2025-07-31
• Last updated: 2025-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland