Investigation of Road-crossing Safety Before and After Training Between Parkinson Disease Pedestrians and Older Pedestrians

Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

An Investigation of Road Crossing Safety Before and After Training Between Parkinson Disease Pedestrians and Older Pedestrians

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01727687
• Other study ID #: PDcrossroad
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 2, 2012
• Last updated: November 12, 2012
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: August 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2012
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

As society ages, a large amount of human factors related research has been carried out into the subject of the safety of the elderly in their daily lives. However, most research focuses on the general elderly population and there is a serious lack of research into elderly sufferers of Parkinson's disease (PD), who receive a substantial amount of attention in medical circles. In the investigators previous study, the investigators have found that patient with PD had decreased ability to cross the road as compared to age/gender matched control subjects. Hence, this research proposed several training programs to enhance the safety of crossing road, including safe place finding，roadside search，time gap and perception of other's intentions. The investigators will compare the parameters of crossing road ability before and after training programs in patients with PD and control subjects.

The results of this research will clarify the correlation between medical scale test indicators and movement safety for patients with PD. The effects of training programs will be provided for further safety management and design concepts to improve the lives of this disease group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: August 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with Parkinson's disease

• Age between 18-80 years

• Patients signed the consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with atypical parkinsonism

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parkinson Disease
• Parkinson's Disease

Intervention

Behavioral:
• behavioral training for crossing road
behavioral training programs for crossing road, such as verbal oral cues and simulated traffic scenes

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The parameters of cross road	The main outcome variables were crossing time (CT), remaining time (RT), and safety margin (SM). The CT was the time taken by the subjects to cross the 3.5-m-wide road. The CT was measured at the normal walking pace and the fastest pace of each individual. Response time was measured in the simulated traffic situation and was defined as the time between starting the visual situation and the participant pressing the response button to decide to cross the road. The RT was the difference between the time gap (between the coming vehicle and the pedestrian) and the response time.	1 year	No