Feasibility of Using Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation for Pain in Persons with Parkinson's Disease
Table 1
Summary of measures.
Measure
Purpose
Administration schedule
Demographic and PD Data
Describe participants and their PD (age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, level of education, age at which PD was diagnosed and time since PD diagnosis).
Preintervention
Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
Exclude persons with moderate or severe cognitive impairment (scores 21)
Preintervention
Hoehn and Yahr Staging of Parkinson’s Disease Scale
Classify stage of PD
Preintervention
Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
Measure mentation, behavior and mood, activities of daily living, motor function, and complications of therapy
Preintervention
Information on Pain
Describe pain location on body drawings; days per month and hours per day with pain. Rate average pain on a 0-to-10 scale scale with end points “no pain” and “pain as bad as you can imagine”
Preintervention
Daily Pain Rating Sheet
Measure current pain intensity immediately before and immediately after each daily session of active or sham CES (0-to-10 scale with end points “no pain” and “pain as bad as you can imagine”).
Daily during 6-week intervention (self-administered)
