National randomized controlled trial of virtual house calls for Parkinson disease

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 89; no. 11; p. 1152
• Main Authors: Beck, Christopher A, Beran, Denise B, Biglan, Kevin M, Boyd, Cynthia M, Dorsey, E Ray, Schmidt, Peter N, Simone, Richard, Willis, Allison W, Galifianakis, Nicholas B, Katz, Maya, Tanner, Caroline M, Dodenhoff, Kristen, Aldred, Jason, Carter, Julie, Fraser, Andrew, Jimenez-Shahed, Joohi, Hunter, Christine, Spindler, Meredith, Reichwein, Suzanne, Mari, Zoltan, Dunlop, Becky, Morgan, John C, McLane, Dedi, Hickey, Patrick, Gauger, Lisa, Richard, Irene Hegeman, Mejia, Nicte I, Bwala, Grace, Nance, Martha, Shih, Ludy C, Singer, Carlos, Vargas-Parra, Silvia, Zadikoff, Cindy, Okon, Natalia, Feigin, Andrew, Ayan, Jean, Vaughan, Christina, Pahwa, Rajesh, Dhall, Rohit, Hassan, Anhar, DeMello, Steven, Riggare, Sara S, Wicks, Paul, Achey, Meredith A, Elson, Molly J, Goldenthal, Steven, Keenan, H Tait, Korn, Ryan, Schwarz, Heidi, Sharma, Saloni, Stevenson, E Anna, Zhu, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 12.09.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Caregivers - psychology; Feasibility Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; House Calls - economics; Humans; Male; Parkinson Disease - economics; Parkinson Disease - psychology; Parkinson Disease - therapy; Patient Satisfaction; Physicians - psychology; Quality of Health Care - economics; Quality of Life; Surveys and Questionnaires; Telemedicine - economics; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

To determine whether providing remote neurologic care into the homes of people with Parkinson disease (PD) is feasible, beneficial, and valuable. In a 1-year randomized controlled trial, we compared usual care to usual care supplemented by 4 virtual visits via video conferencing from a remote specia...