Comparison of the Burdens and Attitudes Between Standard and Web-Based Remote Programming for Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease: Survey Study

• Published in: JMIR aging Vol. 7; p. e57503
• Main Authors: Wan, Xiaonan, Lin, Zhengyu, Duan, Chengcheng, Zeng, Zhitong, Zhang, Chencheng, Li, Dianyou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada JMIR Publications 23.10.2024
• Subjects: Aged; Caregivers; Cognitive Training for the Elderly; Community colleges; Costs; COVID-19; Data analysis; Deep brain stimulation; Deep Brain Stimulation - methods; Design and Usability of Medical Devices; Education; Female; Females; Gait; Humans; Internet; Male; Marital status; Middle Aged; Multimedia; Neurology and Neurosciences; Neurotech Innovations, Diagnostic Tools and Techniques; Neurotechnology in Clinical Studies; Original Paper; Pandemics; Parkinson Disease - psychology; Parkinson Disease - therapy; Parkinson's disease; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Subscribers; Surveys and Questionnaires; Telehealth and Telemonitoring; Telemedicine; Tremor (Muscular contraction); Usability and Technology Use Studies with Elder Subjects; Working hours; United States > US; Parkinson disease; telemedicine; remote programming; economic evaluation; deep brain stimulation

Remote programming enables physicians to adjust implantable pulse generators over the internet for patients with Parkinson disease who have undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. Despite these technological advances, the demand for and attitudes toward remote programming compared with stand...