kommunikationsträning till närtsående till personer med Parkinsons sjukdom - en pilotstudie
The study explored how a model for conversation partner trainingworked for family members of people with Parkinson's disease. Participants inthe study were three dyads consisting of persons with PD and their carers. Thepurpose of the study consisted in finding out whether the participantsexperienced a change in communication after the intervention, and in findingout if this potential change could be observed in the conversation. The resultsshowed that 4/6 participants experienced an improvement in communicationafter the intervention. This improvement was however not observed in theconversation. The result of the study indicated that the conversation trainingmodel worked well, as the majority of participants experienced animprovement in communication after the intervention. However, furtherstudies should be performed to determine if a perceived difference could bemore clearly seen in the conversation.