Applying a Chatbot to Geriatric Patients in Psychiatric Clinics: A Pilot Study

NCT05054660 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 202001915B0C601
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 75
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study will use the caring chatbot developed by the Taipei University of Technology team to provide care for participants and use robots to talk to them to collect daily changes in mood, sleep, and activities, and analyze the factors that affect the physical and mental health of the elderly.

Conditions

Loneliness; Geriatric Depression

Keywords

geriatric psychiatry; chatbot; conversational agent

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• acceptance measured by seven-point Likert scales

  Satisfacation (How satisfied were you with Chatbot?), usability (How easy was talking to Chatbot?), continue (How much would you like to continue working with Chatbot?) and adherence (How likely is it that you will follow Chatbot's advice?) were measured by single items on seven-point Likert scales (with 1= "not at all" and 7="very much").

  at the end of one-month-intervention of the caring chatbot

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change from baseline "loneliness" measured by UCLA Loneliness Scale

  before and at the end of one-month-intervention of the caring chatbot

• Change from baseline "depression" measured by Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-15)

  before and at the end of one-month-intervention of the caring chatbot

• Change from baseline "anxiety" measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale- Anxiety subscale

  before and at the end of one-month-intervention of the caring chatbot

• Change from baseline "quality of life" measured by Short Form Quality Life Sale (SF-12)

  before and at the end of one-month-intervention of the caring chatbot

• Change from baseline "physical activity" measured by International Physical Activity Questionnaire Self-Administered Short Version (IPAQ-SS)

  before and at the end of one-month-intervention of the caring chatbot

Study Arms (1)

caring chatbot

EXPERIMENTAL

The investigators will enroll participants aged over 55 in the psychiatric outpatient department. The participants will get a one-month caring chatbot and can interact with the chatbot freely.

Other: caring chatbot

Interventions

caring chatbot OTHER

The investigators will use the developed caring chatbot to provide care to the cases and to collect case treatment data and interaction data between the case and the caring chatbot.

caring chatbot

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 55 Years - 110 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• with the diagnosis of persistent depressive disorder, major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or agoraphobia
• the condition of their disease is relatively stable (defined as no thought of death and no medication adjustment in the recent 3 months).
• Have a personal mobile phone or communicator that can connect to the Internet

You may not qualify if:

• Those who are unwilling to participate in this research
• Those who have poor assessment ability by clinicians and cannot understand the content of the questionnaire; or those who cannot continue to complete the test due to their physical condition
• Comorbid schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
• Patients with dementia, brain injury, substance abuse, and stroke

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: lead
• National Taipei University of Technology: collaborator

Central Study Contacts

Ya-Hsin Chou, MD

CONTACT

(03)3281288; b9302015@cgmh.org.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: psychiatry outpatient using the investigator-developed-chatbot, and evaluate effectiveness, acceptability, usability, and adoption

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2021
• First Posted: September 23, 2021
• Study Start: September 27, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2022
• Study Completion: July 31, 2022
• Last Updated: September 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08