Acceptability Study of Sensor in Elderly People's House Living Alone (Fragility Box)

Acceptability Study of Sensor in Elderly People's House Living Alone

The Fragility box is a project lead by Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gérontopôle Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (AURA) and Eovi Mcd Mutually to prevent autonomy loss in the elderly dwelling population. With non-intrusive sensors installed in their residence, it is possible to monitor and forecast the frail state of elderly people living alone. The current study focuses on the technical feasibility of the project and the acceptability of these types of devices within the elderly's home. About ten participants have volunteered to be a part of this study. Therefore, they had the sensors installed at their home for a 12 months duration. A qualitative study with focus groups and individual interviews are carried out to evaluate the project: user satisfaction, expectations, and fears.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Aging
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Focus groups; Other: Individual interviews

Detailed Description

This research tend to study the acceptability of captors which can measure the evolution of autonomy of older 65 people.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 10

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Saint-Étienne, France
    • Gérontopole AURA

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years and older (OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Older 65 people who live alone in their own house

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• People living alone
• Autonomous person

Exclusion Criteria:

• Person with a neurological disease
• Person under guardianship or curatorship

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Older 65 people; Older 65 people who live alone in their house will be included. They will have focus groups and Individual interviews.	Other: Focus groups; discussion between participants about representations of health, dependance, fragility, and new technologies; Other: Individual interviews; Discussion between the searcher and the participant about representations of captors, discretion of captors, wish about feed-backs of captors

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Analysis representations of health/fragility and new technologies	Measured by focus groups results.	Months:6

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Analysis Representations of health and frailties ; and new technologies Acceptability of sensors	Measured by individual interviews results.	Months:6

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
• Collaborators: Gerontopole Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (AURA); Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne; Eovi Mcd Mutuelle

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): March 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): April 1, 2020
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): October 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 17, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 17, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): February 21, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 21, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 17, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: prevention; sensors; qualitative study; acceptability; elderly people; autonomous; Autonomy loss
• Other Study ID Numbers: GA-2021-01

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