Dementia Mental and Behavioural Disorders Unspecified dementia
Conditions
Interventions
Thirty pairs of people with dementia and their identified informal carer will be recruited and randomised to two groups with a 2:1 intervention to control allocation ratio. The intervention group will
Sponsors
Hospice Isle of Man
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The person with dementia will be referred to as the main “participant”. Potential participants must meet all of the following inclusion criteria in order to take part in this study: 1. Self-reported diagnosis of any type of dementia 2. Age 65 years or older (person with dementia) 3. Mild to moderate dementia as determined by results from the Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination at baseline (score between 13-24) 4. Potential participant does not suffer from possible severe depression as determined by the PHQ-2 at baseline (depression severity score: 0-2) 5. Potential participant has no specific condition reducing their physical ability to use the App (e.g. visual, hearing, motor impairments) 6. Potential participant has the ability to complete or respond to questionnaires and interviews 7. Potential participant lives in a private home or sheltered accommodation 8. Potential participant has the capacity to provide written, informed consent 9. Potential participant has a regular carer who is willing to participate and provide their own written, informed consent (over 18 years) 10. Potential participant has the ability to understand and communicate in English The participant who is the carer of the person with dementia will be referred to as the 'Carer'. Potential carers must meet all of the following inclusion criteria in order to take part in this study: 1. Potential carer has the capacity to provide written, informed consent 2. Potential carer has the ability to understand and communicate in English 3. Potential carer is over 18 years of age
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: All candidates meeting any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation. 1. No diagnosis of dementia 2. Aged 64 or younger (person with dementia) 3. Normal cognition or severe dementia based on the Standardised MMSE score at baseline (SMMSE score of normal=25-30 or severe=12 or less) 4. Indication of severe depression at baseline (PHQ-9 score: 20-27 severe) 5. Participant has a condition or conditions reducing their physical ability to use the App (e.g. visual, hearing, motor impairments) 6. Participant does not have the ability to complete or respond to the questionnaire and/or interview 7. Participant lives in a residential or nursing home 8. Participant lacks the capacity to provide informed consent 9. Lack of a regular carer over 18 years who is willing to participate and provide written informed consent 10. Potential participant does not have the ability to understand and communicate in English Any carer meeting any of the exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Quality of life of people with dementia measured using the Dementia Quality Of Life measure (DEMQOL) scores at baseline, 13 and 26 weeks. 2. Quality of life of carers measured using the Dementia Carer Quality of Life measure (C-DEMQOL) scores at baseline, 13 and 26 weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The feasibility and acceptability of the app will be measured using: 1. Semi structured interview with the carer at baseline, 13 and 26 weeks 2. Frequency (How often the user engages with the app) measured every week 3. Duration (Engaged playing time of user per session) measured every week 4. Total games played by user (The amount of games a user has accessed) measured every week 5. Categories played (List of categories and topics played by a user) measured every week 6. Completion (how many people remained engaged throughout the duration of the game and whether they made it to the end) measured every week 7. Answer to Question ratio (the total number of answer attempts over the total number of questions in a game) measured every week 8. The number of games liked and disliked measured every week 9. Unanticipated effects of using the personalised App, compared to the non-personalised App measured at week 13 and 26 by asking ‘Have you any concerns as a result of using the app?’ | — |
Countries
Isle of Man
Outcome results
None listed