INNOVATEDIGNITY: Co-designing Digital Health Technologies With Older People in Homecare Settings.

NCT04884711 | Unknown DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 2020-5669813928
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

One of the crucial components of successful ageing is to live independently in old age. Yet in UK alone, nearly 300000 older people require assistance with 3 or more essential daily tasks like eating, bathing and mobility which compromises on their independent living. Additionally, in a crisis where health system in UK is already overstretched to its resources to combat the recent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, allocating resources for regular homecare services has become challenging. In this situation, Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) can be a potential solution to promote healthy ageing, support psycho-social wellbeing and enhance independent living for older people. Such technologies comprise a wide range of products used in the health and care services including apps, software and online platforms to benefit people. Yet DHTs are barely adopted by older people as they do not reflect their actual user needs leading to poor appropriation of DHTs in homecare settings. The investigators aim to address this gap by involving older people living at the Leach Court, UK under the eco system of the Brighton \& Hove Digital Health Living Lab (BHLL) to co-design with us DHTs that addresses the barriers \& facilitators they face in adopting to DHTs. This participatory research approach has a qualitative study design which is sensitive to basic human values like 'dignity', appreciates that older people are 'expert of their experiences' and methodologically has phenomenological underpinnings gathering the researcher's understanding from the lived experiences of older people. This unique project, part of the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 funded INNOVATEDIGNITY project, will be aiming to translate intangible human values like 'dignity' into tangible technology design through better understanding of the barriers \& facilitators older people face to DHTs adoption. With global population of older people increasing faster than all other age groups currently, this project stands to meet the future demands of the ageing population through dignity sensitive better designed DHTs . This project is part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN). This project has received funding from the European Union's H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 programme under grant agreement No 813928.

Conditions

Dignity; Old Age; Debility; Healthy Aging; Digital Technology

Keywords

geriatrics; wearable electronic devices; self-help devices; biomedical technology; disruptive technology; Healthy Ageing; aged; homes for the aged; Human Centered Design; Digital Technology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Participants Lived Experience with Digital Health Technologies

  Participants will be asked open ended questions about their everyday experience with Digital Health Technologies. Interviews will be transcribed verbatim and analysed to identify the barriers \& facilitators to Digital Health Technologies.

  7 months

• Strategies to enhance dignity and address barriers to Digital Health Technology adoption

  Focus group discussions will be held with 5 participants in each group lasting around 3 hours per focus group discussion to strategise solutions to digital health technology adoption for older people.

  1 day

Study Arms (2)

Interviews: Older people living at the Leach Court (Brighton, UK).

Older adults who will be enrolled at the Leach Court (Brighton, UK) as a part of the INNOVATEDIGNITY project will be involved in 1:1 open ended interviews.

Other: No Interventions. Participants will be using their everyday digital health technologies.; Other: In depth Interviews

Focus Group Discussions: Older People Living at the Leach Court (Brighton, UK)

10 older people who have previously participated in the interview stage will be involved in two focus group discussions in a group of 5 participants each to co-design digital health technologies that are 'dignity' sensitive and aims to resolve the barriers older people face in technology adoption.

Other: Focus Group Discussions

Interventions

No Interventions. Participants will be using their everyday digital health technologies. OTHER

The investigators will be involving older people to understand the barriers \& facilitators of digital health technology adoption for homebound older people. In this process no interventions will be given by us.

Interviews: Older people living at the Leach Court (Brighton, UK).

In depth Interviews OTHER

In-depth interviews will be conducted to gather lived experiences of homebound older people.

Interviews: Older people living at the Leach Court (Brighton, UK).

Focus Group Discussions OTHER

Focus Group Discussions will be used to create avenues to enhance dignity and human perspectives in digital designs for older people.

Focus Group Discussions: Older People Living at the Leach Court (Brighton, UK)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 90 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: The investigators will welcome an inclusive approach to technology design by involving people from all gender based on their self-identification.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Older adults meeting the inclusion criteria and living in the Leach Court (Brighton, UK). There will be 10 older participants in this study and if many more people volunteers, the investigators will invite a maximum of 20 participants. Participants will be selected based on age range, gender, existing disabilities, and exposure to digital health technologies. The research plans for at least 2 participants per chronologically advancing age group inter spaced at a 5 years interval starting from 65- 70 years \& ending at 85-90 years. The participants will be gradually recruited as responses arrive with the research investigator. The study group is vulnerable especially in the light of current COVID 19 crisis with multiple underlying co-morbid conditions.

You may qualify if:

• Age should be at least 65 years.
• Participants who are able to read \& write in English.
• Older people living in the Leach Court (Brighton, UK) for at least the past one year.
• Participants of all gender will be entertained.

You may not qualify if:

• People who are unable to communicate in english.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Brighton: lead
• Brighton & Hove Digital Health Living Lab: collaborator
• Nord University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Leach Court

Brighton, East Sussex, BN20DJ, United Kingdom

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Prof.Kathleen Galvin, PhD

  University of Brighton

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Dr. Theofanis Fotis, PhD

  University of Brighton

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Prof.Lisbeth Uhrendfeldt, PhD

  Nord University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Shuvarthi Bhattacharjee, M.Sc.

CONTACT

+441273644025; S.Bhattacharjee@brighton.ac.uk

Prof.Kathleen Galvin, PhD

CONTACT

+441273644028; K.Galvin@brighton.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Nursing Practice

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2020
• First Posted: May 13, 2021
• Study Start: July 30, 2021
• Primary Completion: September 15, 2021
• Study Completion: September 15, 2021
• Last Updated: May 14, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: Anonymised and relabelled IPD will be available at the earliest at least 1 year post publication of study results in scientific journals.
• Access Criteria: Anonymised \& relabelled data will be converted into metadata format by the UK Open Access Data Archive which can be accessed by other researchers for secondary analysis.

Locations

GB (1)