Managing Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Neda Alizadeh, Tanya L Packer, Ingrid Sturkenboom, Gail Eskes, Grace Warner
PMID 35287487WHAT IT FOUND
This paper is a protocol for a planned pilot trial.
It describes how researchers will test a six-week videoconference fatigue management program for people with Parkinson's disease. No patients have been enrolled or assessed yet, so there are no results to report.
What this paper is
This is a study protocol describing the planned methodology for a pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating a videoconference-delivered fatigue management program for people with Parkinson's disease. It details the intervention content, recruitment strategies, and outcome measures to be used, but reports no patient data, results, or findings. Therefore, there is nothing here to change your clinical practice on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the detailed description of the intervention and outcomes as evidence that the program works. This paper reports no results because the study has not yet been conducted.