Dementia
Conditions
Keywords
assistive technology, dementia care, tracking technology, locating systems, user experience
Brief summary
The project aims to make new technologies for locating people with dementia easier to use for the patients and those caring for them. Objective: To systematically understand what improves the user experience of persons with dementia (PwD) and their primary caregivers (CG) with locating system watches to ultimately allow users to obtain more benefits from using these watches. Aim: Improving the user experience of PwD and CG with locating system watches using a cross-over design and a theory-based educational session approach.
Detailed description
This entire research field (assistive technology in dementia care) is based on the need to address care solutions for a growing number of PwD and CG in the absence of a cure for (Alzheimer's) dementia. Methods: A user study with two free available locating watches. In educational sessions PwD obtain a locating watch and their CG a smartphone with the application of the locating watch installed on it. By using a cross-over design each dyad (PwD and CG) obtaining both locating systems. The designed educational session hopefully ease subsequent use and make it more enjoyable. The dyads will use each system over four weeks in their real environment.
Interventions
DEVICELocating system watch with GPS-technology
Patients using locating system watches with embedded global positioning system (GPS) technology and telephone function; Caregivers using a Smartphone with an installed application to see the current location of the patient and with the possibility to call the patient
Sponsors
German Alzheimer Society
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* diagnosis of all kinds of dementia or mild cognitive impairment
Exclusion criteria
* not able to move outside alone
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Usability | 8 weeks | ISONORM 9241/10 questionnaire (Prümper, 1997) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver burden | 8 weeks | Zarit Burden Interview (German version: Braun etal., 2010) |
| Acceptance and Practicability | 8 weeks | Five-point likert scales and qualitative interview with open-ended questions |
| Subjective quality of life | 8 weeks | European Health Interview Survey-Quality of Life (German version: Brähler et al., 2007) |
| Activities of Daily Living | 8 weeks | BAYER-ADL (Hindmarch, 1998) |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed