Peer Partners to Improve Physical Activity in Older Latino and Latina Adults With Parkinson's Disease.
Peer Partners to Improve Physical Activity in Older Latino and Latina Adults With Parkinson's Disease.
The goal of this interventional study is to culturally adapt and determine feasibility of the peer partner training program and the peer-supported mobile health physical activity intervention in older Latin/Hispanic people with Parkinson's disease.
The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
Participants will be asked to:
Inclusion Criteria:
Idiopathic Parkinson disease,
Able to walk without the assistance of another person for 10 minutes
-≥ 29 on Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS)
To have a close friend/family member over the age of 18 that would support the participant during the intervention
-≥ 50 years of age
Hispanic
To be willing to use an activity monitor and use a Fitbit and Fitbit application
To be on a stable course of PD medications without any plans for change over the next 3 months
To be able to speak, read and write in Spanish or English
Exclusion Criteria: