Innovative Teaching Solutions to Improve the Outcomes of Home Caregivers

NCT05885347 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PI00868
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 227
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background. Population ageing is leading to an increase in the number of multi-pathological and polymedicated patients. These patients are at increased risk of suffering adverse events due to medication errors (ME), especially if Barthel≤55. The management of their medication places an added burden of stress on those who assume responsibility for their care. This task, due to the existing gender gap, falls more often on women. Objective. To promote the safe use of medication in the home by those who assume the role of caregivers of these patients.

Conditions

Medication Errors and Other Product Use Errors and Issues

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• change in errors by caregivers at home

  Caregivers will be recorded in the hospital performing their task in a simulation. All errors performed doing that situation will be counted by professionals who will reproduce that videos.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Chronic Patient Experience Evaluation Instrument-IEXPAC

  6 month

Study Arms (4)

Control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

This caregivers group will not receive any intervention different to the routinely practice.

Other: Control group

Video Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers will be taught by a video intervention about how to develop their home tasks during an hour.

Other: 360 videos

Virtual reality

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers will be taught by a VR intervention during 20minutes about how to develop their home tasks.

Other: VR

Augmented reality

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers will be taught by a AR intervention during 20minutes about how to develop their home tasks.

Other: AR

Interventions

360 videos OTHER

Caregivers will receive 2h session of 360 videos about caring and medication errors. Then Caregivers will be recorded performed the task worked in 360 videos instantly after the education and after 6 months.

Video Intervention

VR OTHER

Caregivers will receive 2h session of VR about caring and medication errors. Then Caregivers will be recorded performed the task worked inVR instantly after the education and after 6 months.

Virtual reality

AR OTHER

Caregivers will receive 2h session of AR videos about caring and medication errors. Then Caregivers will be recorded performed the task worked in AR videos instantly after the education and after 6 months.

Augmented reality

Control group OTHER

Caregivers will follow the routine and then will be recorded performing their labour as a caregiver after 6 months.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Caregivers currently

You may not qualify if:

• Be familiar with disruptive technologies or suffer from vertigo

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana: lead

Study Sites (1)

Fundación Fisabio

Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 03310, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Control Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2023
• First Posted: June 1, 2023
• Study Start: February 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2023
• Study Completion: July 7, 2025
• Last Updated: May 4, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Locations

ES (1)