Study into the effect of domotics in small-scale groupliving faclities on people with dementia and their professional carers.

Study into the effect of domotics in small-scale groupliving faclities on people with dementia and their professional carers. - domotics-project for people with dementia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON30423

Enrollment

Registered

2006-12-08

Start date

2006-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-18

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Conditions

Alzheimer's disease dementia syndrome

Interventions

The intervention in this study consists of the application of domotics in small-scale living facilities for people with dementia. The domotics encompass the following elements: - Environment contro

- Monitoring devices: wandering detection, time control, camera control, intercom function at the entrance

- Alarm systems: acoustic monitoring, passive alarm en heat control. So-called *life circles* (leefcirkels) will be used where residents can go independently. Within this space a person with dementia

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: people with mild to severe dementia living in small-scale living arrangements

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: people with severe behavioral problems people without dementia syndrome

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The following primary outcome measures will be used for the persons with dementia: quality of life in terms of self-worth, autonomy, and feelings of safety; the experienced need of residents for support and care in domains such as wandering, memory, mobility, and psychic distress; the number of fall incidents; the number of times people feel lost at night and the applied interventions; the use of preventive means and measures of restraints; the daily functioning of persons with dementia as a consequence of the implementation of domotics. Outcome measures for the carers will be: job satisfaction, mental health, illness days, number of required staff. Themes of the semi-structured interviews with the professional carers are: burden, job satisfaction, experiences with the application of domotics, daily functioning of the persons with dementia, (changing) role of the carers, attitude towards means and measures of restraint.	—

Measure

Time frame

The following primary outcome measures will be used for the persons with dementia: quality of life in terms of self-worth, autonomy, and feelings of safety; the experienced need of residents for support and care in domains such as wandering, memory, mobility, and psychic distress; the number of fall incidents; the number of times people feel lost at night and the applied interventions; the use of preventive means and measures of restraints; the daily functioning of persons with dementia as a consequence of the implementation of domotics. Outcome measures for the carers will be: job satisfaction, mental health, illness days, number of required staff. Themes of the semi-structured interviews with the professional carers are: burden, job satisfaction, experiences with the application of domotics, daily functioning of the persons with dementia, (changing) role of the carers, attitude towards means and measures of restraint.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome measures are cognitive functioning of the person with dementia; (change in) medicine use; life events during the research period (for example illness and death of a loved one) and demographic data. In order to evaluate the impeding factors on implementation of domotics, relevant legislation will be studied, such as legislation on privacy and electronic data exchange. Also, data will be collected on the implementation costs and structural costs of domotics.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcome measures are cognitive functioning of the person with dementia; (change in) medicine use; life events during the research period (for example illness and death of a loved one) and demographic data. In order to evaluate the impeding factors on implementation of domotics, relevant legislation will be studied, such as legislation on privacy and electronic data exchange. Also, data will be collected on the implementation costs and structural costs of domotics.

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Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)