Study of Feasibility and Efficacy of Telecommunication Platforms as an Adjunctive Clinical Tool for a Parkinson's Disease Clinic
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: Non-RandomizedIntervention Model: Crossover AssignmentIntervention Model Description: International, longitudinal, case-control study comparing in-office visits to virtual visits via Telecommunication Platforms.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Telecommunication Platforms are new technology founded to build a better short message service alternative. Their use have increasingly drawn a wider range of interest as a text communication and video chat system between health care professionals and patients and health care professionals themselve...
Telecommunication Platforms are new technology founded to build a better short message service alternative. Their use have increasingly drawn a wider range of interest as a text communication and video chat system between health care professionals and patients and health care professionals themselves. However, high-quality and adequately evaluated research, especially in the field of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson´s disease, is needed to establish whether patients with these specific neurological problems can be effectively managed with these technological tools. In this study, patients with Parkinson´s disease from high, middle, and low-income countries covering urban and rural populations, with at least one neurologist with Movement Disorders practice (Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Korea, United States, Egypt), will be included. Feasibility, clinical management, providers and patient´s satisfaction will be compared between in-office vs. telemedicine (virtual) visits. This study will show the effectiveness of telemedicine, when the access to specialized neurological care is limited, especially now with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04695353
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Not Provided