Pilot study to investigate the SmartPointer system in the context of domestic life with older people in need of support

Pilot study to investigate the SmartPointer system in the context of domestic life with older people in need of support - SPP – SmartPointer Pilot study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00022533

Enrollment

100

Registered

2020-08-19

Start date

2021-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Healthy participants

Interventions

Group 1: A) Online survey: The online survey should discover the use frequency of smart home technologies in older people. Part 1: Basic data collection

Basic socio-demographic data, living situation, care situation and disease-related data. Part 2: Use of SmartHome technologies

Are SmartHome technologies used at home, which SmartHome technologies are used, how often are SmartHome technologies used Part 3: Evaluation of SmartHome technologies Assessment of acceptance, suitabi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Seniors over 60 years - Seniors without physical limitations - Seniors with mobility restrictions (use of a walker, wheelchair, walking stick or similar) - Signed subject information and informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Seniors under 60 years - severe cognitive impairment MMSE <24 - Seniors in legal care - Recent surgery on the dominant hand, which would make the use of the remote control painful or impossible - Seniors with severe visual impairment so that the light beam from the remote control cannot be perceived - Seniors with red-green weakness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
A) Germany-wide online survey from the end of August 2020 B) How do older people in need of support use and accept the SmartPointer system in their home environment? The study will start in January 2021. A Mixed Methods Design consisting of qualitative guideline-based interviews, task-based testing of the system and quantitative validated assessments will be applied. The following validated questionnaires will be used: - Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Folstein et al., 1975) - (Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) (Brandt et al., 1988) - Questionnaire on technology readiness (Neyer et al., 2012) - User experience Questionnaire (UEQ) (Laugwitz et al., 2009) - Technology Usage Inventory (TUI) (Kotgassner et al., 2012) - NASA TLX (Task Load Index) questionnaire (YM Xiao et al., 2005)	—

Measure

Time frame

A) Germany-wide online survey from the end of August 2020 B) How do older people in need of support use and accept the SmartPointer system in their home environment? The study will start in January 2021. A Mixed Methods Design consisting of qualitative guideline-based interviews, task-based testing of the system and quantitative validated assessments will be applied. The following validated questionnaires will be used: - Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Folstein et al., 1975) - (Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) (Brandt et al., 1988) - Questionnaire on technology readiness (Neyer et al., 2012) - User experience Questionnaire (UEQ) (Laugwitz et al., 2009) - Technology Usage Inventory (TUI) (Kotgassner et al., 2012) - NASA TLX (Task Load Index) questionnaire (YM Xiao et al., 2005)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary research questions: A) Online survey from the end of August 2020: - Which smart home technologies do older people use in their own home? - Which categories can the smart home technologies used be assigned to? - How does the use of smart home technologies in older people take place? - How do older people rate the use of smart home technologies? - What expectations do older people have when using smart home technologies? B) Testing the SP system in January 2021: - Does the gesture recognition function well and is it reliable? - How do external influences affect the gesture recognition? - Lighting conditions - Distance between remote control and gesture detector - Angle of incidence / position to the detector - positioning of the subject (sitting, standing) - How do the participants rate the manageability and usability of the system in everyday life? - Are there differences between user groups (people with and without previous experiences in the field of smart home) - What further expectations do the test subjects have on the system?	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary research questions: A) Online survey from the end of August 2020: - Which smart home technologies do older people use in their own home? - Which categories can the smart home technologies used be assigned to? - How does the use of smart home technologies in older people take place? - How do older people rate the use of smart home technologies? - What expectations do older people have when using smart home technologies? B) Testing the SP system in January 2021: - Does the gesture recognition function well and is it reliable? - How do external influences affect the gesture recognition? - Lighting conditions - Distance between remote control and gesture detector - Angle of incidence / position to the detector - positioning of the subject (sitting, standing) - How do the participants rate the manageability and usability of the system in everyday life? - Are there differences between user groups (people with and without previous experiences in the field of smart home) - What further expectations do the test subjects have on the system?

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSusan Vorwerg

Charité Universitätsmedizin BerlinForschungsgruppe Geriatrie

susan.vorwerg@charite.de+49 (0) 30 450 – 553 696

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026