Clinical trial NCT03580486: Investigation of the Psychometric Properties of the Squares Test in Measuring Hand Function in Parkinson's Disease
Official title: Investigation of the Psychometric Properties of the Squares Test in Measuring Hand Function in Parkinson's Disease
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Parkinson Disease
Keywords: Parkinson's Disease
Hand Function
Squares Test
Lead sponsor: Gazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-07-09
Enrollment: 107
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with Parkinson's Disease who apply to the Dokuz Eylül University Hospital will be invited to this study.

Brief summary: The first aim of the present study was to investigate reliability, validity and responsiveness to the minimal clinically important difference, which is defined as the smallest change in score corresponding to clinically meaningful change realized by patient, of the squares test in people with PD.

The second aim of the study is to determine the relationship between hand function and both trunk control and balance in PD population.

Detailed description: At baseline, the ST, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), Hoehn and Yahr (H\&Y) Scale, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Trunk Impairment Scale (TIS) was applied to the PS group when the patients were "on" period. The ST was repeated after seven days from the first application when PD group were "on" period to evaluate its reliability.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* at least 40 years of age
* neurologist-diagnosed idiopathic PD (using UK Brain Bank criteria)
* Hoehn \& Yahr (H\&Y) stages 1 to 4
* Mini-Mental State Examination ≥ 22/30 (literate and with 5 or more years of education) and ≥18/30 (illiterate and with less than 5 years of education)
* living in the community

Exclusion Criteria:

* individuals with other major diseases (e.g., cancer, stroke, epilepsy, dementia, and severe rheumatoid arthritis)
* preexisting disabilities
* visual impairments
* diagnosis of atypical Parkinsonism
* H\&Y stage 5
* previous surgical management of PD

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Squares Test
timeFrame: 2 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Nine-Hole Peg Test
timeFrame: 2 minutes
measure: Berg Balance Scale
timeFrame: 15 minutes
measure: Trunk Impairment Scale
timeFrame: 20 minutes
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Gazi University
name: Fatih Söke
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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