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title: "A Standardized Meditation Technique \"Body-scan\", in the Management of Anxiety in Hospitalized Parkinsonian Patients"
nct_id: NCT03349554
overall_status: COMPLETED
phase: NA
sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: "Parkinson's Disease"
countries: France
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clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03349554"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2019-05-17
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# A Standardized Meditation Technique "Body-scan", in the Management of Anxiety in Hospitalized Parkinsonian Patients

**Official Title:** An Exploratory Study of the Feasibility of the Installation by a Paramedical Staff of a Standardized Meditation Technique "Body-scan", in the Management of Anxiety in Hospitalized Parkinsonian Patients

**NCT ID:** [NCT03349554](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03349554)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 33
- **Lead Sponsor:** University Hospital, Bordeaux
- **Conditions:** Parkinson's Disease
- **Start Date:** 2018-03-23
- **Completion Date:** 2019-03-05
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2019-05-17

## Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to constitute a proof of concept study for a larger study investigating the effect of mindfulness on anxiety and agitation in Parkinson's disease (PD) based on the results of a preliminary feasibility.

## Detailed Description

Neuropsychiatric and behavioral non motor symptoms are common in PD often requiring hospitalization and/or specific drug management. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs have proved to be efficacious in PD both for the management of motor and non-motor symptoms. This is however the case only in out-patients and by using standardized 8 weeks programs. The team has experienced in the hospitalization unit that methods derived from the MBSR program such as the "body scan", administered by the paramedical personnel, is of great help for the non-pharmacological management of anxiety and agitation in PD, avoiding physical contention in many cases. Based on this experience the study aims at evaluating the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a simple and standardized administration of the "body scan" meditation in the management of anxiety and agitation in PD admitted in the unit since less than 48h.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Parkinson's disease
* Age over 18
* Admitted in the unit since less than 3 days
* Presenting at least 3 symptoms with a severity rated \> 2 at the Hamilton anxiety scale (HAM-A)
* Patients with social security insurance
* Informed consent signed

Exclusion Criteria:

* Dementia, delusions or hallucination not permitting an informed consent or necessitating immediate and urgent sedation
* Patient under law protection
* Pregnant or breastfeeding women
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## Arms

- **standardized meditation technique "body-scan"** (EXPERIMENTAL)

## Interventions

- **body-scan meditation** (OTHER) — 15 minutes audio-guided body-scan meditation
- **Psychological evaluation** (DIAGNOSTIC_TEST) — NPI (Neuropsychiatric symptoms Inventory) - PAS (Parkinson's disease Anxiety Screening Questionnaire) - VAS measuring pain, anxiety and discomfort Before and after "body-scan" meditation

## Primary Outcomes

- **Percentage of patients that received a first experience of standardized "body scan" meditation within 48H after admission** _(time frame: 48 hours after admission)_

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Rate of patient's eligibility and causes of non-eligibility** _(time frame: At inclusion (day 0))_
- **Rate of study drop-out** _(time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year)_
- **Causes of study drop-outs** _(time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year)_
- **Mean delay between admission and first meditation** _(time frame: After "body scan" meditation, an average of 48 hours after admission)_
- **Cause of failure of meditation administration within 48h** _(time frame: 48 hours after admission (day 0))_
- **Percentage of improvement pain, anxiety and discomfort** _(time frame: before and after "body scan" meditation, an average of 48 hours after admission)_
- **Percentage of improvement at the Parkinson's disease** _(time frame: before and after "body scan" meditation, an average of 48 hours after admission)_
- **Percentage of improvement at the Parkinson's disease** _(time frame: before and after "body scan" meditation, an average of 48 hours after admission)_

## Locations (1)

- Service de neurologie motricité,Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France

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