Digital Health in Parkinson Disease: Patient Perspectives, Emerging Innovations

"Researchers discuss the current state of digital health for the treatment of Parkinson disease, particularly patient perspectives and specific technological innovations being investigated.
As a complex multisystem disorder characterized by both motor and nonmotor symptoms, Parkinson disease (PD) has been identified as a suitable fit for technology-based improvements in treatment, according to the authors of a review published in the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease.

Although the field of telehealth has been researched and established in PD, and access to smartphones has risen substantially in recent years, the investigators wrote that patients are often steered away from digital innovations.

“Even though patient engagement has been suggested to have clinical effects on levels comparable to ‘blockbuster drugs,’ the patient perspective of digital health is rarely discussed, [and] it has even been reported that physicians are discouraging patients from using digital solutions,” wrote the authors..." Lire la suite