A new concept of human-machine-interaction for the care of people with dementia in long-term care facilities

Care4All - Initial - A new concept of human-machine-interaction for the care of people with dementia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN17968122

Enrollment

172

Registered

2025-02-19

Start date

2017-11-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-03-03

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Conditions

Group therapy for residents of long-term care facility with mild to moderate dementia Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

This is a prospective single-centre longitudinal interventional study on the deployment of a social robot in group therapy for people with dementia without a control group. A social robot is deployed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Resident: 1. Mild to moderate dementia (Mini-Mental Status Examination score between 23 and 10) 2. Resident of long-term care facility 3. Consent to participate Health professional: 1. Working at a long-term care facility 2. consent to participate Carer: 1. Informal caregiver of the resident of the long-term care facility 2. Consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Resident: Unfit to participate in group setting Health professional: None Carer: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Therapy attendees: Observed emotions are measured using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) at baseline, 5, 12, 16, and 31 months after baseline 2. Professional Caregivers: Technology acceptance measured using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) at 13 months after start of study 3. Informal Caregivers: Technology acceptance measured using UTAUT at 13 months after start of study	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Therapy attendees: Observed emotions are measured using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) at baseline, 5, 12, 16, and 31 months after baseline 2. Professional Caregivers: Technology acceptance measured using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) at 13 months after start of study 3. Informal Caregivers: Technology acceptance measured using UTAUT at 13 months after start of study

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactElmar Graessel

elmar.graessel@fau.de+49 9131 8534 810

Outcome results

None listed

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