Abstract Details

Title Mindfulness based program for newly diagnosed Parkinson’s patients.

Topic Movement Disorders

Presentation(s) P1 - Poster Session 1 (9:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Poster/Presentation
Number 236

Objective To investigate the impact of 8-week course of Mindfulness based intervention program on motor and non-motor symptoms of PD assessed by improvement in scores of UPDRS, PSS, NMS and MAAS.

Background There is a growing recognition of the value of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). MBIs are designed to train individuals to cultivate mindfulness and incorporate its practice into daily life. Mindfulness has been defined as “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally”.

Design/Methods

We enrolled 25 participants with PD. Data gathered before participants begin the MBI 8-week program, at post-MBI and 3-months post-MBI cycle.

The following measurement instruments administered:

The Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
The Non-Motor Symptoms (NMS)
The perceived stress Scale (PSS)
The Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)

Results 25 patients completed the MBI with pre, post-MBI, and 3-month post-MBI. PSS showed a reduction in stress by 14.5% post-session and by 22.4% after 3 months which reflects emotional wellbeing and improvement. Higher MAAS scores reflect higher levels of dispositional mindfulness. Similarly, MAAS showed 5.8% improvement in post-session and 8.6% improvement in post 3-month survey. NMS showed 12% decrease in mean value at post-intervention i.e., improvement in symptoms however 7.2% increase in score at 3 months follow up which means no major change in NMS post 3 months. Similar to other scores, there was improvement in UPDRS (Part-1,2,4) scores after the intervention. Part-1 showed 27.7% improvement in post-session and 34.7% improvement in post 3 month, part-2 showed 19.8% improvement in post-session and 18.1% improvement in post 3 months, part-4 revealed 21.7% improvement in post-session and 22% in post 3-month survey. Our finding were clinically significant with p value <0.05.

Conclusions Overall, our study shows improvement in both motor and neuropsychiatric deficits in PD immediately following the mindfulness intervention and at 3 months follow up.

Authors/Disclosures
Azima Shaji, MD, MBBS (University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston) PRESENTER	Dr. Shaji has nothing to disclose.
Nora Ko, MD	Dr. Ko has nothing to disclose.
Aaron C. Lasker, MD (University of Pennsylvania)	Dr. Lasker has nothing to disclose.
Alexa L. Noronha	Miss Noronha has nothing to disclose.
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Adriana C. Mendez, MD	Dr. Mendez has nothing to disclose.

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