Cog-Park
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Testing an online aid to monitor cognitive and motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease
IRAS ID
256422
Contact name
Anette Schrag
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University College London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 29 days
Research summary
We aim to test a new online tool to monitor cognition, mobility and non-motor function remotely, to support management of patients with Parkinson's between hospital appointments.
We are developing an online web based tool with a set of questions patients can complete from home on a mobile device. In this project we examine the usefulness of these tests in clinical practice compared to standard assessments in clinic.
100 participants with Parkinson's (75 with no cognitive impairment and 25 with mild cognitive impairment based on MOCA scores) will be invited to participate. Participants will be assessed during clinic visits and asked to also trained on the online test in clinic. They will then be asked to complete the online test at home within one week and then again at 6 months.They will be asked to wear an accelerometer to record movements. At the clinic appointment after 6 months they will undergo a standard assessment again.
The results of the online tests will be compared to the standard tests at the corresponding times to examine how closely it mirrors them.The accelerometer data will be analysed to correlate with period change in the scores over 1 year.
If successful, these tests could be used to provide assessments of cognitive, motor and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson's to support monitoring of function between appointments. They will support the clinical assessment and monitoring of all patients with Parkinson’s disease, and enable recognition of deterioration that would otherwise require more extensive or frequent clinical assessments and separate appointments with trained staff. Identified problems can then be addressed in the clinic consultations or remotely and and appropriate referrals for further assessments be made in selected cases.REC name
London - Bloomsbury Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/LO/0679
Date of REC Opinion
18 May 2020
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion