Home-based Monitoring & Enabled Medication Independence With New Digital Tools (HOME-MIND)
Technological Innovation to Support Medication Safety and Optimization in Older Adults Living Alone With Cognitive Decline
This clinical trial is studying an online tool that may help older adults safely manage their medications at home. The study focuses on older adults who live alone and have memory concerns or mild changes in thinking. Many people in this group take several medications, which can make it hard to keep track of when and how to take them, notice side effects, or know when to ask for help.
In this study, participants use an online self-monitoring platform to record any problems, symptoms, or concerns they have while taking their medications. The platform also provides helpful education and suggestions for managing medications and symptoms. Participants can share summaries from the platform with their health care team, which may help improve communication and support.
The goal of the study is to see whether this tool can help older adults feel more confident, informed, and prepared to manage their medications safely while living at home.
Studienübersicht
Status
Status
Bedingungen
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
The main goal of this study is to find out whether an online self-monitoring tool can help older adults who live alone and have memory concerns or mild changes in thinking manage their medications more safely and easily.
The study will look at whether the tool helps people: (1) take their medications as prescribed; (2) keep track of medication-related problems or concerns; (3) feel more confident managing medications at home; and (4) reduce stress, confusion, or burden that can come with taking multiple medications.
Other Study Goal:
The study will also explore whether older adults are willing and able to use the online tool regularly to track medication safety concerns in their daily lives. This includes looking at how comfortable participants feel using the tool and whether they find it helpful for monitoring their medications, symptoms, and concerns.
What Will Happen in the Study:
Participants will be randomly assigned - like flipping a coin - to one of two groups:
Group 1: Online Tool Group:
Participants in this group will receive training on how to use the online self-monitoring tool. They will use the tool for 3 months to track medication-related problems, symptoms, side effects, or other concerns while at home.
During this time, participants will also (1) receive monthly check-ins about their experience using the tool; (2) get educational information and suggestions based on what they report; (3) receive summaries of their medication self-monitoring journey; and (4) be able to interact with an online chatbot about their medication-related concerns.
Group 2: Usual Care Group:
Participants in this group will continue following their regular medical care and medication instructions for the first 3 months.
During this time, they will complete monthly follow-up assessments with the study team. After the first 3 months, they will have the opportunity to use the online self-monitoring tool for 1 month.
Overall Purpose:
By comparing these two groups, researchers hope to learn whether the online tool is useful, easy to use, and helpful for supporting safer medication management among older adults living alone with memory concerns or mild thinking changes.
Studientyp
Studientyp
Einschreibung (Geschätzt)
Einschreibung
Phase
Phase
- Unzutreffend
Kontakte und Standorte
Studienkontakt
Studienkontakt
- Name: Yun Jiang, PhD, MS, RN
- Telefonnummer: 734-763-3705
- E-Mail: UNSN-Jiang-Study@med.umich.edu
Studieren Sie die Kontaktsicherung
- Name: Chelsea Frank, BS, MBA
- Telefonnummer: 734-647-4710
- E-Mail: UNSN-Jiang-Study@med.umich.edu
Teilnahmekriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
- Älterer Erwachsener
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- Older adults (≥ 65 years old)
- Living alone (residing in a single-family home, apartment, or independent senior housing unit with no other co-habitating adults or children; and having been living alone continuously for at least 6 months prior to screening)
- With subjective or mild cognitive decline (a screening test to confirm)
- Taking at least five prescribed medications concurrently
- With suboptimal self-reported medication adherence (a screening test to confirm)
- Having access to a computer or mobile device and internet service
- Able to read and speak English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Having severe cognitive, vision, hearing, or other impairment
- Unable to use computers or mobile devices
- Relying on someone else to manage medications
Studienplan
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Unterstützende Pflege
- Zuteilung: Zufällig
- Interventionsmodell: Parallele Zuordnung
- Maskierung: Single
Anzahl der Arme
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / ArmTeilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlungIntervention / Behandlung |
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Experimental: HOME-MIND
Participants are trained and perform daily self-monitoring of medication safety events using an online tool with self-reporting forms, an AI-driven educational chatbot, and a personal dashboard for data visualization and sharing.
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HOME-MIND aims to improve medication self-management and reduce perceived medication burden in older adults living alone with subjective or mild cognitive decline.
This 3-month intervention includes daily technology-enabled self-monitoring of medication safety events or experiences, personalized educational support informed by self-monitoring data, visualizations and summaries of self-monitoring data on a personal dashboard, and sharing self-monitoring summaries with health care providers to facilitate health communication.
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Kein Eingriff: Usual Care
Participants follow routine medical care instructions.
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Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Medication self-management
Zeitfenster: From enrollment to the end of the study at 3 months, including monthly assessments.
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Medication self-management is defined as "the extent to which a patient takes medication as prescribed, including not only the correct dose, frequency and spacing, but also its continued, safe use over time".
It is deconstructed into a series of steps a patient must take to safely and effectively take their medications, including filling a prescription, understanding directions for use, organizing a regimen, taking medications, monitoring side effects, and sustaining use over time.
In this study, we will measure medication self-management using the 12-item Measure of Drug Self-Management.
This tool uses a sum of scores ranging from 0 (poor medication self-management) to 12 (adequate medication self-management).
The tool can also be used to categorize patients as having "adequate" drug self-management skills (score of 10 or greater) or "inadequate" drug self-management skills (score of less than 10).
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From enrollment to the end of the study at 3 months, including monthly assessments.
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Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Medication burden
Zeitfenster: From enrollment to the end of the study at 3 months, it was assessed at baseline and at 3 months.
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Assessing patient-perceived medication burden is the first step in medication optimization and evaluates how complex dosing regimens, side effects, out-of-pocket costs, and daily lifestyle disruptions affect a patient's quality of life, helping determine patients' attitudes toward and experiences with medications.
In this study, perceived medication burden is measured using the 41-item Living with Medicines Questionnaire Version 3 (LMQ-3), which includes eight domains: relationships with health professionals, practicalities, interferences, effectiveness, side effects, concerns, cost, and autonomy.
Total/composite scores for Likert-type statements range from 41 to 205; higher scores indicate worse experiences of medicine use (higher medicine burden).
Additionally, total scores can be categorized as: No burden at all (41-73); Minimal burden (74-106); Moderate burden (107-139); High burden (140-172); and Extremely high burden (173-205).
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From enrollment to the end of the study at 3 months, it was assessed at baseline and at 3 months.
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Andere Ergebnismessungen
Andere Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
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Patient activation
Zeitfenster: From enrollment to the end of the study at 3 months, including monthly assessments.
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Patient activation refers to an individual's confidence, knowledge, motivation, and skills needed to manage their own health and healthcare, as measured by the 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM).
Insignia Health's proprietary survey scoring algorithm produces a PAM Score along an empirical, interval-level scale from 0-100 that correlates to one of four levels of patient activation.
PAM Levels 1 and 2 indicate lower patient activation, while PAM Levels 3 and 4 indicate higher patient activation.
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From enrollment to the end of the study at 3 months, including monthly assessments.
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Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Sponsor
Sponsor
Mitarbeiter
Mitarbeiter
Studienaufzeichnungsdaten
Haupttermine studieren
Studienbeginn (Geschätzt)
Studienbeginn
Primärer Abschluss (Geschätzt)
Primärer Abschluss
Studienabschluss (Geschätzt)
Studienabschluss
Studienanmeldedaten
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
Zuerst gepostet (Tatsächlich)
Zuerst gepostet
Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen
Letztes Update gepostet (Tatsächlich)
Letztes Update gepostet
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
Zuletzt verifiziert
Zuletzt verifiziert
Mehr Informationen
Begriffe im Zusammenhang mit dieser Studie
Schlüsselwörter
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
- HUM00289265
- 1P30AG086561 (US NIH Stipendium/Vertrag)
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