R26
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Prior to the study written consent is requested from each participant. The research question will be answered by using a mixed-medthod-design. The subjects will be randomly assigned to two gr
Sponsors
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Elderly aged 60 and above without physical impairments and with limitations in mobility (use of a walker, wheelchair, walking stick or similar). Written informed consent and participant information sheet.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Elderly aged 59 or younger, severe cognitive impairment MMSE <24, presence of legal care taker, recent surgery on the dominant hand which will make the execution of gestures with the remote not possible or just under severe pain. Tremor or arthrosis in the dominant Hand, elderly with severe limitations of vision, so that the light of the remote cannot be recognised, elderly with red-green impairment (dyschromatopsia)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following validated questionnaires will be used -Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Fol-stein et al., 1975) - Questionnaire technology commitment (Neyer et al., 2012) - system usability scale - SUS (Bangor et al., 2008) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It will be investigated, to what extent external factors influence the gesture recognition by login data, video recordings of the executed gestures and an additional self developed protocol whereby it will be recorded if an executed gesture is correctly being recognized by the detector and transformed into the right action (operation targeted device). Thereby an action can be visualized by green (working)/red (not working) lights on the device. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactCornelia Eicher
Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie
Outcome results
None listed