Experience With a Robot for Home Care and Its Acceptance by People With Dementia, Caregivers and Dementia Trainers

NCT03823066 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 30-401ex17/18a
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 12
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Dementia rates are increasing worldwide and consequently burden global healthcare resources to a serious degree. However, there is a declining number of caregivers to provide care. It is for this reason that many new technologies, such as socially assistive robots, have been developed because of their potential to support caregivers in promoting the independence of people with dementia. Most of the (socially assistive) robots have so far been tested for people without dementia in mainly laboratory or institutional settings, like nursing homes. Consequently, there is a lack of knowledge about the possible uses of robots from the perspective of those affected by dementia in real-life/care situations (e.g. at home). Testing in a laboratory setting cannot capture the complexity and high variability of everyday situations occurring during the care of persons with dementia. Methods The design is a mixed method intervention study of a refined socially assistive humanoid robot. In total, three people with dementia, three relatives, three dementia trainers and three professional caregivers were included in the study. Quantitative data of technology acceptance were collected using the "Technology Usage Inventory". Qualitative data (main focus: experiences with the robot and handling the robot) were collected by means of observation and qualitative interviews. Movement data of people with dementia were collected by means of the eye camera of the robot. This study helps to further refine and test a socially assistive robot for people with dementia living at home.

Conditions

Dementia

Keywords

acceptance; usability; home care; socially assistive robot; humanoid robot; caregivers; dementia trainers; cognitive training; physical training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Technology acceptance (all participants): "Technology Usage Inventory"

  The questionnaire "Technology Usage Inventory" measures technology acceptance. It captures technology-specific and psychological factors contributing to the use of a technological device. The questionnaire has 8 dimensions (curiosity:4 items, anxiety:4 items, interest:4 items, usability/user-friendliness: 3 items, immersion:4 items, utility:4 items, skepticism:4 items and accessibility:3 items) with 30 items (7-point Likert scale). For every dimension 1- 21 or 28 points can be obtained. For all dimensions, higher levels on the respective dimension indicate a higher level of expression in the respective construct.

  1 week

• Experience with the robot (all participants)

  Qualitative interviews with people with dementia. 1 qualitative focus group interview for all other participants.

  1 week

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Handling the robot (people with dementia)

  After 3 days of intervention

• Change of mobility (people with dementia)

  1 week

Study Arms (1)

Coach Pepper

EXPERIMENTAL

Pepper is a humanoid socially assistive robot

Device: Coach Pepper

Interventions

Coach Pepper DEVICE

Robot Peppers's height is 1.20 meters and it weighs 28 kilograms. Pepper will be called Coach Pepper, because it is connected, via web interfaces, with a theratainment app including cognitive and physical training

Coach Pepper

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Persons with dementia:
• adults
• living at home
• all types of dementia
• light and moderate dementia (MMSE 10 and above)
• light dementia: living alone or with a relative at home (if alone: the relative should live in the neighborhood and be in daily contact with the person with dementia.)
• moderate dementia: living with a relative at home
• receive professional and/or non professional care or no care
• speak and understand German
• have no physical, auditory or visual restrictions, as this would make the application of the interventions impossible
• do not take any dementia-specific medication or have been taking dementia-specific medication for at least 3 months; condition stable and no change expected during the study period
• do not take antipsychotic and antidepressant medication or have been taking them for at least 14 days before study start
• children and pets in the household after previous individual discussion
• Relatives:
• relatives of the participating persons with dementia (adults)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medical University of Graz: lead
• Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH: collaborator
• Sozialverein Deutschlandsberg: collaborator
• Humanizing Technologies GmbH: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Medical University of Graz, Institute of Nursing Science

Graz, 8010, Austria

Location

Related Publications (10)

• ADI. Journey of caring: an analysis of long-term care for dementia. ADI, London, 2013

  BACKGROUND

• Bioethikkommission (Bioethics Commission). Roboter in der Betreuung alter Menschen - Stellungnahme der Bioethikkommission (Robots in the care of older people - statement of the Bioethics Commission). Geschäftsstelle der Bioethikkommission, Vienna, 2018

  BACKGROUND

• Boman IL, Lundberg S, Starkhammar S, Nygard L. Exploring the usability of a videophone mock-up for persons with dementia and their significant others. BMC Geriatr. 2014 Apr 16;14:49. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-49.

  PMID: 24739662 BACKGROUND

• Lauriks S, Reinersmann A, Van der Roest HG, Meiland FJ, Davies RJ, Moelaert F, Mulvenna MD, Nugent CD, Droes RM. Review of ICT-based services for identified unmet needs in people with dementia. Ageing Res Rev. 2007 Oct;6(3):223-46. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2007.07.002. Epub 2007 Aug 2.

  PMID: 17869590 BACKGROUND

• Mao HF, Chang LH, Yao G, Chen WY, Huang WN. Indicators of perceived useful dementia care assistive technology: Caregivers' perspectives. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2015 Aug;15(8):1049-57. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12398. Epub 2014 Nov 19.

  PMID: 25407039 BACKGROUND

• NHI, WHO. Global Health and Aging http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/ global_health.pdf. Accessed 18. Dezember 2017, 2011.

  BACKGROUND

• OECD. Adressing Dementia - the OECD response. OECD publishing, Paris, 2015.

  BACKGROUND

• Pino M, Boulay M, Jouen F, Rigaud AS. "Are we ready for robots that care for us?" Attitudes and opinions of older adults toward socially assistive robots. Front Aging Neurosci. 2015 Jul 23;7:141. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00141. eCollection 2015.

  PMID: 26257646 BACKGROUND

• Prince et al. World Alzheimer Report 2016 - Improving healthcare for people living with dementia. ADI, UK, 2016

  BACKGROUND

• Robert Koch Institut. Gesundheit in Deutschland. Gesundheitsberichterstattung des Bundes (Health in Germany. Health report of the federal government). Gemeinsam getragen von RKI und Destatis. RKI, Berlin, 2015

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: not possible
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Deputy Head of the Institute of Nursing Science

Model Details: a humanoid socially assistive robot will be tested for people with dementia

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 9, 2019
• First Posted: January 30, 2019
• Study Start: August 22, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 18, 2018
• Study Completion: September 18, 2018
• Last Updated: January 30, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Locations

AU (1)