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Does Outpatient Palliative Care Improve Patient-centered Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease?
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care and Standard of Care for Parkinson's Disease. Completed, enrolled 210 participants across 3 sites in 2 countries.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to improve outcomes for persons living with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and their family caregivers. The investigators hypothesize that outpatient interdisciplinary palliative care will improve patient-centered outcomes for PD patients at high-risk for poor outcomes.
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Interventions
Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care is an approach to caring for individuals with life-threatening illnesses that addresses potential causes of suffering including physical symptoms such as pain, psychiatric symptoms such as depression, psychosocial issues and spiritual needs. Palliative care approaches have been successfully applied to improve patient-centered outcomes in cancer as well as several chronic progressive illnesses including heart failure and pulmonary disease.
Usual care defined as including both a PCP and neurologist