FindMyApps; Cost and effectiveness evaluation of FindMyApps, a tool to find usable apps for self-management and social participation

A Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the tablet-based FindMyApps intervention with regard to improving self-management and social participation of community-dwelling people with mild cognitive impairment and dementia, compared to normal tablet use.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON27290

Enrollment

300

Registered

2019-11-15

Start date

2020-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Interventions

The FindMyApps intervention comprises three components, namely: a tablet computer, the FindMyApps app and a training session in the use of the tablet and the FindMyApps app.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Community dwelling people with MCI (confirmed at a memory clinic) or mild dementia (MMSE 24-18; GDS 3 or 4) and their informal carers, who cohabit with or visit the person at least twice a week.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: People with moderate and severe dementia (MMSE<18) and people with severe eye-sight problems or blindness will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Persons with Dementia: Self-management will be assessed with the Self-Management Abilities Scale-shortened (SMAS-S; Steverink, 2009) and social participation by: the Maastricht Social Participation Profile (MSPP; Mars et al., 2009), ASCOT social contact (Van Leeuwen et al, 2015) and the short version of the Pleasurable Activities List (PAL; Roozen et al, 2008 & Kerkhof et al., 2019). Carers: Sense of competence will be measured with the Short Sense of Competence Scale (SSCQ; Vernooij-Dassen, 1999)	—

Measure

Time frame

Persons with Dementia: Self-management will be assessed with the Self-Management Abilities Scale-shortened (SMAS-S; Steverink, 2009) and social participation by: the Maastricht Social Participation Profile (MSPP; Mars et al., 2009), ASCOT social contact (Van Leeuwen et al, 2015) and the short version of the Pleasurable Activities List (PAL; Roozen et al, 2008 & Kerkhof et al., 2019). Carers: Sense of competence will be measured with the Short Sense of Competence Scale (SSCQ; Vernooij-Dassen, 1999)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Persons with dementia: Experienced autonomy will be assessed by the Experienced Autonomy questionnaire (Meiland & Dröes, 2010), quality of life by the Dementia Quality of Life instrument (DQoL; Brod, 1999) en and the EQ-5D-5L and behaviour and mood disruptions by the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q; Cummings, 1994). Carers: Positive care experience will be assessed with the Positive Experience Scale (PES; De Boer, 2012) and quality of life with the TOPICS-MDS (informal carer) and the EQ-5D-5L	—

Measure

Time frame

Persons with dementia: Experienced autonomy will be assessed by the Experienced Autonomy questionnaire (Meiland & Dröes, 2010), quality of life by the Dementia Quality of Life instrument (DQoL; Brod, 1999) en and the EQ-5D-5L and behaviour and mood disruptions by the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q; Cummings, 1994). Carers: Positive care experience will be assessed with the Positive Experience Scale (PES; De Boer, 2012) and quality of life with the TOPICS-MDS (informal carer) and the EQ-5D-5L

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Contacts

Public ContactDavid Neal

Amsterdam UMC, locatie VUmc

d.n.neal@amsterdamumc.nl020 788 4512

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)