Clinical trial NCT04942392: Digital Dance for People With Parkinson's Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Official title: Digital Dance for People With Parkinson's Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Feasibility Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parkinson Disease
Lead sponsor: Umeå University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Karlstad University
First posted: 2021-06-28
Enrollment: 33
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: Dance as a treatment to support physical, cognitive and emotional functioning, has gained increased acceptance as a healthcare intervention for people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been far reaching with devastating effects for at-risk populations. To find alternative and safe treatment delivery options during the pandemic has been of outmost importance.

This mixed-methods, feasibility study on digital for people with Parkinson's Disease aimed to investigate: (1) the feasibility and safety of a digital home-based dance intervention for people with PD; (2) change in self-reported quality of life, cognitive complaints, psychological health and fatigue; and (3) the experience of digital dance for people with PD.

Twenty-three participants partook in 10 weekly digital dance classes at home via zoom. Feasibility outcomes measures were administered at post-test. Pre-post changes in self-reported quality of life, cognitive complaints, psychological health and fatigue were measured, as well as the experience of digital dance via focus groups.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Self-reported diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
* Participant in Dance for PD at Balettakademien, Stockholm, Sweden

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility outcome measures
timeFrame: Assessed at post-test
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Depression and anxiety
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Summary index
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) - Bodily discomfort
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Communication
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Cognition
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Social support
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Stigma
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Emotional well being
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) Activity of Daily Living
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Quality of life (QoL) - Mobility
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Fatigue
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Subjective cognitive complaints
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Mental fatigue
timeFrame: 12 weeks (pretest - posttest)
measure: Experience and meaning of digital dance for people with PD
timeFrame: Assessed at post-test
Other outcomes:
measure: Age
timeFrame: Assessed at pre-test
measure: Sex
timeFrame: Assessed at pre-test
measure: Educational level
timeFrame: Assessed at pre-test
measure: Previous experience of dance for Parkinson's Disease
timeFrame: Assessed at pre-test
measure: Self-evaluated health
timeFrame: Assessed a pre-test
measure: Disease duration
timeFrame: Assessed at pre-test
measure: Current participation in physical exercise
timeFrame: Assessed at pre-test
Locations:
city: Stockholm
country: Sweden
facility: Balettakademien
Study officials:
affiliation: Umeå University
name: Anna S Neely, prof
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Walton L, Domellof ME, Astrom AN, Elowson A, Neely AS. Digital Dance for People With Parkinson's Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Feasibility Study. Front Neurol. 2022 Feb 3;12:743432. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.743432. eCollection 2021.