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Experience With a Robot for Home Care and Its Acceptance by People With Dementia, Caregivers and Dementia Trainers

NCT03823066 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2019-01-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background:

Dementia rates are increasing worldwide and consequently burden global healthcare resources to a serious degree. However, there is a declining number of caregivers to provide care. It is for this reason that many new technologies, such as socially assistive robots, have been developed because of their potential to support caregivers in promoting the independence of people with dementia. Most of the (socially assistive) robots have so far been tested for people without dementia in mainly laboratory or institutional settings, like nursing homes. Consequently, there is a lack of knowledge about the possible uses of robots from the perspective of those affected by dementia in real-life/care situations (e.g. at home). Testing in a laboratory setting cannot capture the complexity and high variability of everyday situations occurring during the care of persons with dementia.

Methods

The design is a mixed method intervention study of a refined socially assistive humanoid robot. In total, three people with dementia, three relatives, three dementia trainers and three professional caregivers were included in the study. Quantitative data of technology acceptance were collected using the "Technology Usage Inventory". Qualitative data (main focus: experiences with the robot and handling the robot) were collected by means of observation and qualitative interviews. Movement data of people with dementia were collected by means of the eye camera of the robot.

This study helps to further refine and test a socially assistive robot for people with dementia living at home.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Coach Pepper

Robot Peppers's height is 1.20 meters and it weighs 28 kilograms. Pepper will be called Coach Pepper, because it is connected, via web interfaces, with a theratainment app including cognitive and physical training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sozialverein Deutschlandsberg

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Humanizing Technologies GmbH

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Medical University of Graz

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-22
Primary Completion
2018-09-18
Completion
2018-09-18

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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Diseases

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