Evaluation of the user-friendliness and usability of the COGITO app for patients in geriatric psychiatric treatment: a pilot study

Evaluation of the user-friendliness and usability of the COGITO app for patients in geriatric psychiatric treatment: a pilot study - COGITOgOLD

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036189

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-14

Start date

2025-03-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Patients in geriatric psychiatric inpatient treatment/ day hospital setting

Interventions

Group 1: Participants will receive approximately 45 minutes of training in the use of the COGITO app, which they then have access to for five days during their inpatient/day program treatment. Patient

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

55 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Current gerontopsychiatric treatment, inpatient or day treatment program patient - Written consent to participate - Smartphone or tablet use - Willingness to use the COGITO app

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Presence of acute psychotic symptoms - Presence of acute suicidal tendencies or self-endangerment, resulting in a direct need for treatment - Presence of severe intellectual disability that prevents participation - Not able to provide informed consent - Motor and sensory impairments that prevent the use of a smartphone - Insufficient knowledge of German

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Usability of COGITO in gerontopsychiatric patients assessed using: - System Usability Scale (SUS) - Semi-structured interview - Ecological Momentary Assessments - retrospective Think Aloud	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Training effect on usability (group comparison of mean SUS rating) , Training effect on usability (group comparison of number of completed exercises), acceptance: adapted version of the “Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2”, acceptance: the four “skepticism” items, acceptance: three “intention to use” items of the Technology Usage Inventory, acceptance: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8, possible barriers to the use of COGITO identified using semi-structured interviews	—

Measure

Time frame

Training effect on usability (group comparison of mean SUS rating) , Training effect on usability (group comparison of number of completed exercises), acceptance: adapted version of the “Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2”, acceptance: the four “skepticism” items, acceptance: three “intention to use” items of the Technology Usage Inventory, acceptance: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8, possible barriers to the use of COGITO identified using semi-structured interviews

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBrooke Viertel

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, AG Gerontopsychiatrie

b.viertel@uke.de040 7410 24014

Outcome results

None listed

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