Acceptability Study of Sensor in Elderly People's House Living Alone (Fragility Box)

Acceptability Study of Sensor in Elderly People's House Living Alone

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04763811

Enrollment

Registered

2021-02-21

Start date

2020-03-01

Completion date

2020-10-01

Last updated

2021-02-21

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Conditions

Aging

Keywords

sensors, acceptability, qualitative study, autonomous, elderly people, prevention, Autonomy loss

Brief summary

The Fragility box is a project lead by Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gérontopôle Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (AURA) and Eovi Mcd Mutually to prevent autonomy loss in the elderly dwelling population. With non-intrusive sensors installed in their residence, it is possible to monitor and forecast the frail state of elderly people living alone. The current study focuses on the technical feasibility of the project and the acceptability of these types of devices within the elderly's home. About ten participants have volunteered to be a part of this study. Therefore, they had the sensors installed at their home for a 12 months duration. A qualitative study with focus groups and individual interviews are carried out to evaluate the project: user satisfaction, expectations, and fears.

Detailed description

This research tend to study the acceptability of captors which can measure the evolution of autonomy of older 65 people.

Interventions

OTHERFocus groups

discussion between participants about representations of health, dependance, fragility, and new technologies

OTHERIndividual interviews

Discussion between the searcher and the participant about representations of captors, discretion of captors, wish about feed-backs of captors

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* People living alone * Autonomous person

Exclusion criteria

* Person with a neurological disease * Person under guardianship or curatorship

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Analysis representations of health/fragility and new technologies	Months:6	Measured by focus groups results.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Analysis Representations of health and frailties ; and new technologies Acceptability of sensors	Months:6	Measured by individual interviews results.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026