Session Information
Date: Monday, June 5, 2017
Session Title: Quality Of Life/Caregiver Burden in Movement Disorders
Session Time: 1:45pm-3:15pm
Location: Exhibit Hall C
Objective: Objective
To investigate the effects of a 8-week MBSR group training on the quality of life of People with Parkinson’s (PwP).
Background: Little is known about the effects of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) group training on emotional well being and social support in People with Parkinson’s (PwP). Previously we showed an increased gray matter density in PwP after mindfulness training in the neural areas postulated to play an important role in PD (1). We also demonstrated the feasibility of and adherence to a program of mindfulness training for PwP (2).
Methods: Five self-report questionnaires were administered for pre- and post-testing and were analyzed using paired Student t-tests. Tests were compared using a p-value threshold of 0.05 for significance determination and are presented with 95% confidence intervals. All statistical analyses were conducted in SPSS version 20.The Focus Group sought after topics of spirituality, empowerment and coping.
Results: Statistical analysis from the self-report questionnaires found significant improvements in the Parkinson’s Disease Quality of Life (PDQ-39) improvements in emotional wellbeing, and social support (p=0.022, p=0.05, respectively), the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire non-judgmental element facet (p=0.022), and the Beck Depression Inventory-II score decrease by 5.2 (p=0.058) . The Focus Group analysis indicated strong support for topics of spirituality, empowerment, coping and group effect.
Conclusions: Significant improvements in emotional wellbeing, and social support were evident on the Parkinson’s disease Quality of Life (PDQ-39) questionnaire indicating that mindfulness training is associated with improving a person’s sense of emotional wellbeing and increasing the perception of social support. Analysis from the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire revealed a significant difference in the non-judgmental facet indicating that participants experienced an increase in the ability to not judge their own inner experience. Analysis from the Beck Depression Inventory-II found a marginally significant difference in the level of depression experienced potentially enough to change to a lower, more mild depression category. Finally, there was strong support for topics of spirituality, empowerment, and coping as well as the group effect.
References: 1. Pickut BA, Van Hecke W, Kerckhofs E, Mariën P, Vanneste S, Cras P, Parizel PM. Mindfulness Based Intervention in Parkinson’s disease leads to structural brain changes on MRI: a randomized controlled longitudinal trial Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 115 (2013) 2419-25.
2. Pickut B, Vanneste S, Hirsch MA, Van Hecke W, Kerckhofs E, Mariën P, Parizel PM, Crosiers D, Cras P. Mindfulness Training among Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: Neurobehavioral Effects. Parkinsons Dis. 2015;2015:816404. Epub 2015 May 26.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
B. Pickut, S. Woolner, R. Nyenhuis, D. Nyenhuis. Mindfulness for People with Parkinson’s: Emotional Well Being, Social Support and Group Effect [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2017; 32 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/mindfulness-for-people-with-parkinsons-emotional-well-being-social-support-and-group-effect/. Accessed November 22, 2024.« Back to 2017 International Congress
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