Innovative Tool to Limit Spread of COVID 19 in Residential Aged Care Facilities

Innovative Tool to Limit Spread of COVID 19 in Residential Aged Care

This project is a randomised trial in order to determine if "gamification" can result in behaviour change for healthcare workers in the residential aged care setting. The app is for Age Care and care workers at the front line who are working to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19. There are 2 groups in this trial on group will receive current and accurate information from an app. The other group will receives the app with the addition of a gamification competent, this will include rewarding experiences for staff doing safety behaviours and wellbeing behaviours. The purpose of the gamification is to create a calming and reassuring experience that injects positivity and joy where possible during this stressful time.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Gastroenteritis; Influenza; COVID
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Newsfeed function; Behavioral: Gamification

Detailed Description

The study design will be a multi- centre cluster randomised control trial, where Age Care facilities are randomised into two groups:

1. Newsfeed- gets the app with newsfeed only
2. Gamification group- gets the full gamified app, including the newsfeed Workers in our network of residential aged care facilities will be invited to participate in a study of communication of information regarding COVID-19 and how they will play a role in preventing its spread.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 34
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age Health Care Worker

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Newsfeed; This will provide you with reliable accurate information on the pandemic.	Behavioral: Newsfeed function; This will provide the user with reliable accurate information on the pandemic.
Experimental: Gamification; The gamification function will allow users to earn points for actions completed. The gamification function has links to resources for infection control, watching or completing tasks or playing games to earn points. Points can be viewed at a facility level, state level or national level.	Behavioral: Gamification; This will provide the user with the newsfeed function and the addition of a gamification function

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
To compare the hours of sick leave used over the course of the 4-week period post randomisation for each group	Compare the number of sick leave prior to users utilising the app and at the end of the 4 weeks between the arms	4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
To compare handwashing behaviour	Compare the amount of soap/sanitiser used between the arms	4 weeks
To compare self-testing rates	Compare the number of self tests between the two arms	4 weeks
To compare the level of surface wipe down	Compare the amount of wipes/disinfectant used between the two arms	4 weeks
To compare number of COVID-19 tests completed in Facilities	Compare the number of COVID-19 tests between the two arms	4 weeks
To compare the number of COVID 19 infections in facilities	Compare the number of COVID-19 infections between the arms	4 weeks
To compare the other types of outbreaks (Flu, gastroenteritis)	Compare the number of flu and gastroenteritis outbreaks between the arms	4 weeks
To compare the awareness of COVID 19 training available to workers in the facilities	Compare the COVID 19 training between the two arms, this is via a self reported survey	4 weeks
To compare the awareness of PPE training available to workers in the facilities	Compare the awareness of PPE training of the workers in the two arms, this is captured in self reported survey	4 weeks
To compare the levels of PPE material used in	Compare the amount of PPE used between the arms	4 weeks
To compare the wellbeing and self-efficacy of the two groups	Compare the wellbeing and self-efficacy between the two arms, this is captured in a self reported survey.	4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Queensland
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David L Paterson, PhD, The University of Queensland

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 6, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 26, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): August 26, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 4, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): May 6, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 9, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 4, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Infection Control
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Gastroenteritis
• Other Study ID Numbers: Care Collective Study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No