Intelligent Assistive Technologies for Dementia

May 7, 2024 updated by: Fong Chin Su, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

18

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Tainan, Taiwan
        • National Cheng Kung University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Residents of Tainan city, Taiwan

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
EQ-5D-5L
Time Frame: 5 minutes
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
Time Frame: 5 minutes
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)
Time Frame: 5 minutes
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
Time Frame: 5 minutes

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Fong-Chin Su, Chair Professor

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 10, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 6, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

November 6, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 2, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 7, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 9, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 7, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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