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Acceptability of digital health technologies in early Parkinson's disease: lessons from WATCH-PD.
Kangarloo, T; Latzman, R D; Adams, J L; Dorsey, R; Kostrzebski, M; Severson, J; Anderson, D; Horak, F; Stephenson, D; Cosman, J.
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  • Kangarloo T; Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, United States.
  • Latzman RD; Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, United States.
  • Adams JL; Center for Health+Technology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.
  • Dorsey R; Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.
  • Kostrzebski M; Center for Health+Technology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.
  • Severson J; Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.
  • Anderson D; Center for Health+Technology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.
  • Horak F; Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.
  • Stephenson D; Clinical Ink, Horsham, PA, United States.
  • Cosman J; Clinical Ink, Horsham, PA, United States.
Front Digit Health ; 6: 1435693, 2024.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39253055
ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Digital health technologies (DHTs) have the potential to alleviate challenges experienced in clinical trials through more objective, naturalistic, and frequent assessments of functioning. However, implementation of DHTs come with their own challenges, including acceptability and ease of use for study participants. In addition to acceptability, it is also important to understand device proficiency in the general population and within patient populations who may be asked to use DHTs for extended periods of time. We thus aimed to provide an overview of participant feedback on acceptability of DHTs, including body-worn sensors used in the clinic and a mobile application used at-home, used throughout the duration of the Wearable Assessments in the Clinic and at Home in Parkinson's Disease (WATCH-PD) study, an observational, longitudinal study looking at disease progression in early Parkinson's Disease (PD).

Methods:

82 participants with PD and 50 control participants were enrolled at 17 sites throughout the United States and followed for 12 months. We assessed participants' general device proficiency at baseline, using the Mobile Device Proficiency Questionnaire (MDPQ). The mean MDPQ score at Baseline did not significantly differ between PD patients and healthy controls (20.6 [2.91] vs 21.5 [2.94], p = .10).

Results:

Questionnaire results demonstrated that participants had generally positive views on the comfort and use of the digital technologies throughout the duration of the study, regardless of group.

Discussion:

This is the first study to evaluate patient feedback and impressions of using technology in a longitudinal observational study in early Parkinson's Disease. Results demonstrate device proficiency and acceptability of various DHTs in people with Parkinson's does not differ from that of neurologically healthy older adults, and, overall, participants had a favorable view of the DHTs deployed in the WATCH-PD study.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Digit Health Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Suiza
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Digit Health Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Suiza