Intelligent Assistive Technologies for Dementia

NCT06401915 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: B-ER-112-026
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 18
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

With the HAAL(HeAlthy Ageing eco system for peopLe with dementia) project, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Italy, Austria, and Denmark combine their strength, co-create, evaluate and share their experiences in supporting dementia care by state-of-the-art AAL bundles.Co-design sessions will take place before developing the dashboard, consisting of (in)formal carers, and older people/clients they care for. The HAAL project will conduct field trials with the first version of the dashboard (Alpha testing) and after Alpha testing, a Beta version of the dashboard will be developed according users' feedback. Then more end-users will be incorporated in Beta testing.The aims of the dashboard are to provide support to reduce the workload of the caregivers and allow psychological relief, which eventually support clients' wellbeing.

Conditions

Healthy Adult

Keywords

Dementia Care; Hand rehabilitation; HAAL dashboard

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• EQ-5D-5L

  The descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems. The patient is asked to indicate his/her health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions.

  5 minutes

• Zarit Burden Interview

  The Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZBI) was created by Zarit et al. in 1980 \[21\]. It is a self-administered instrument composed of 22 items scored on a Likert-type scale with 5 response options: never (0 points), rarely (1 point), sometimes (2 points), quite often (3 points), and almost always (4 points).

  5 minutes

• The General Anxiety Disorder 7(GAD-7)

  GAD-7 items reflect the DSM-IV criteria for GAD. Respondents are asked to rate each item for frequency of occurrence using a 4-point Likert scale (Not at all = 0, Several days = 1, More than half the days = 2, and Nearly every day = 3). All responses are summed to calculate the total GAD-7 score.

  5 minutes

• System Usability Scale

  Created by John Brooke in 1986, the System Usability Scale (SUS) is a widely used tool for evaluating the usability of software, websites, and other interactive systems. Since then, it has become a standard method for assessing the overall user-friendliness of a product.The System Usability Scale is a Likert Scale which includes 10 questions which users of your website will answer. Participants will rank each question from 1 to 5 based on how much they agree with the statement they are reading. 5 means they agree completely, 1 means they disagree vehemently.The average System Usability Scale score is 68. If your score is under 68, then there are probably serious problems with your website usability which you should address. If your score is above 68, then you can relax a little bit.

  5 minutes

Study Arms (1)

Platform tester

Participants in this group tested the proposed platform over 6 months, and their feedback were collected 8 times.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 95 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Residents of Tainan city, Taiwan

You may qualify if:

• Caregiver
• Principal caregivers of PwD(people with dementia) or organizer or manager of care organization
• Care Recipient
• Aged ≥ 65
• Global Deterioration Scale(GDS):2-4 level
• Healthy adult (no skeletal muscle, neurological,eye and hearing disease)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cheng-Kung University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (13)

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  PMID: 30600688 BACKGROUND

• Prince M, et al., World Alzheimer Report 2015: The Global Impact of Dementia. 2015: Alzheimer's Disease International.

  BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 24940604 BACKGROUND

• Yeh, M.-J., Long-term care system in Taiwan: the 2017 major reform and its challenges. Ageing and Society, 2019. 40(6): p. 1334-1351.

  BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 14599289 BACKGROUND

• Commission, E.E., Long-Term Care in Ageing Societies-Challenges and Policy Options. 2013, Brussels: European Commission.

  BACKGROUND

• Reisberg B, Ferris SH, de Leon MJ, Crook T. The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia. Am J Psychiatry. 1982 Sep;139(9):1136-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136.

  PMID: 7114305 BACKGROUND

• Progression, A.s.P.s. Global Dementia Scale. 2021.

  BACKGROUND

• Devlin NJ, Krabbe PF. The development of new research methods for the valuation of EQ-5D-5L. Eur J Health Econ. 2013 Jul;14 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S1-3. doi: 10.1007/s10198-013-0502-3. No abstract available.

  PMID: 23900659 BACKGROUND

• Zarit SH, Reever KE, Bach-Peterson J. Relatives of the impaired elderly: correlates of feelings of burden. Gerontologist. 1980 Dec;20(6):649-55. doi: 10.1093/geront/20.6.649. No abstract available.

  PMID: 7203086 BACKGROUND

• Ko KT, Yip PK, Liu SI, Huang CR. Chinese version of the Zarit caregiver Burden Interview: a validation study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008 Jun;16(6):513-8. doi: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318167ae5b.

  PMID: 18515696 BACKGROUND

• Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, Lowe B. A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 22;166(10):1092-7. doi: 10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092.

  PMID: 16717171 BACKGROUND

• Brooke, J., SUS-A quick and dirty usability scale. Usability evaluation in industry, 1996. 189(194): p. 4-7.

  BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Fong-Chin Su

  Chair Professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CROSSOVER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Chair Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2024
• First Posted: May 7, 2024
• Study Start: May 10, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 6, 2023
• Study Completion: November 6, 2023
• Last Updated: May 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Locations

TW (1)