Telephony Or Videophony for Isolated elDerly in Maine-Et-Loire 49 During COVID-19

NCT04333849 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2020/29
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 132
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current health crisis at COVID-19 is forcing us to profoundly rethink our social organizations, especially towards our most fragile seniors. Prohibitions on visits to Nursing Homes and care services, although essential to control the epidemic, are also becoming a major source of social isolation and loneliness for these fragile populations. The only source of residual social ties during a period of confinement remains dematerialised communication via the various existing communication channels (in particular telephone calls or video telephony). As soon as the COVID-19 crisis began and the first visiting restrictions were imposed on patients in the geriatric department of the Angers Univesity Hospital and the Retirement Home / long-term care unit, acute care geriatric unit of Angers offered patients and residents the opportunity to organize communication with their relatives via videophone calls. Initial feedback from the field shows us that, contrary to our intuition, patients and residents are not necessarily asking for communication to the outside world and, when they are, the preferred channel is not necessarily video telephony but often a simple phone call with relatives. Even though the vast majority of projects aimed at setting up communication aids for the elderly now rely on videophonic support, these initial observations in everyday care situations raise questions about the directions taken in this area. Also, the investigators ask themselves the following question: in the absence of a physical meeting, what is the preferred means of communication for elderly people in isolation in hospital or in Retirement Home? This study will make it possible to propose the most appropriate solutions for breaking isolation for the hospitalized or institutionalized geriatric population in order to limit as much as possible the increase in social isolation imposed by restrictions on movement during epidemics.

Conditions

Coronavirus

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Preferred means of communication for elderly people in isolation, hospitalized in the acute care geriatric unit or residing at St Nicolas nursing home (Angers UH).

  Choice between videophony, telephony or neither.

  at baseline (day 0)

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• proportion of elderly people with loss of functional independence to communicate with their relatives.

  at baseline (day 0)

• level of satisfaction of patients who have benefited from a telephone call.

  at baseline (day 0)

• level of satisfaction of patients who have benefited from a videophone call.

  at baseline (day 0)

• satisfaction level of older people according to the means of communication used.

  at baseline (day 0)

• impact of age on the preferred means of communication.

  at baseline (day 0)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 70 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients are recruited during their hospitalisation in acute care geriatric unit or institutionalization in St Nicolas during the isolation measures linked to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic.

You may qualify if:

• Hospitalisation in the acute care geriatric unit (Angers UH) or institutionalization in St Nicolas during the isolation measures linked to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic.

You may not qualify if:

• Refusal to participate.
• Contraindication posed by the medical team to proposing dematerialized communication.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Angers: lead

Study Sites (1)

Angers University Hospital

Angers, 49933, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Sacco G, Lleonart S, Simon R, Noublanche F, Annweiler C; TOVID Study Group. Communication Technology Preferences of Hospitalized and Institutionalized Frail Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Sep 18;8(9):e21845. doi: 10.2196/21845.

  PMID: 32896832 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coronavirus Infections

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 1, 2020
• First Posted: April 3, 2020
• Study Start: March 25, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 11, 2020
• Study Completion: May 11, 2020
• Last Updated: July 20, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Locations

FR (1)