The Effectiveness of AIFIGA Program on Nursing Home Nursing Staff and Family and Residents'Health

NCT06574438 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 202400678B0
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 210
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to develop and evaluate the longitudinal effectiveness of the Artificial Intelligence Family Involvement Generative Agent (AIFIGA) program in enhancing the health of nursing staff, family, and residents' health through the use of a sequential, mixed methods research design. The development of a real-time, interactive, and informative AIFIGA program that sparks innovation is necessary to achieve effective communication between families and nursing staff. In Phase I, lasting 18 months, we will develop the AIFIGA program based on triangulate research design, observation and in-depth interview understanding the daily communication experiences and expectations from both families and nursing staff perception in Nursing Homes(NHs) after COVID-19, as well as our previous years' research results. The training data for AIFIGA will be derived from the collection of communication dialogues in these qualitative data. Furthermore, the intelligence of AIFIGA will be developed using publicly available large language models (LLMs). In Phase II, spanning the next 18 months, we will evaluate the longitudinal effects of the AIFIGA program on the health of residents, families, and nursing staff, tracking changes over time (baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months). There will be two groups of participants: (a) an AIFIGA group that receives the AIFIGA program and uses it for 3 months, and (b) a control group that receives only routine care.

Conditions

Family; Nursing Home; Digital Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• resident health-Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

  scale for depression( scored from 0 through to 15.Scores of 0-4 are considered normal; 5-8 indicate mild depression; 9-11 indicate moderate depression; and 12-15 indicate severe depression.)

  baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months

• resident health-Activity of daily living (ADL)

  assess individual's ability to perform basic self-care tasks (scored from 0 through to 100. higher scores mean more independence)

  baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months

• social support scale

  Evaluated quantities of social support (four-point Likert scale, where higher scores indicate a greater amount of each type of social resource) \& satisfaction with social support (five-point Likert scale, where higher scores indicate greater satisfaction with social support)

  baseline

• brief Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CESD-10)

  assessment for family' depressive status.(scored from 0 through to 30. Any score equal to or above 10 is considered depressed)

  baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months

• The General Health Questionnaire-12(GHQ-12)

  assessing the mental health status of respondents. ( total score ranges from 0 to 36, Higher scores mean better mental health status outcome)

  baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months

• Family Meaning of Nursing-Home Visits scale

  measurement of family visiting involvement meaning

  baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months

Study Arms (2)

AIFIGA group

EXPERIMENTAL

receives the AIFIGA program and uses it for 3 months

Behavioral: AIFIGA program

control group

NO INTERVENTION

receives only routine care

Interventions

AIFIGA program BEHAVIORAL

receives the Artificial Intelligence Family Involvement Generative Agent (AIFIGA) program and uses it for 3 months

AIFIGA group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• residents aged ≥ 60 years, resident's family were aged equal or higher than 20 years.
• both residents and family can communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
• residents have a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score equal to or higher than 16 for residents with no formal education or higher than 24 for residents with at least a primary school education
• both residents and family agree to participate
• the family is a significant member of the resident, such as a caregiver.
• For nurses and nursing aides:
• working in the selected nursing home who agree to participate in our program.
• aged equal or higher than 20 years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chang Gung Memorial Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Catholic Mercy Hospital Attached Nursing Home

Hsinchu, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Hsiu Hsin Tsai, PhD

  Chang Gung University

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Hsiu Hsin Tsai, PhD

CONTACT

032118800; kitty@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 25, 2024
• First Posted: August 28, 2024
• Study Start: September 24, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2027
• Last Updated: February 9, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-06

Locations

TW (1)