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Intelligent Personal Assistant for Managing Depression in Homebound Older Adults

NCT04900272 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2024-06-20

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to design a companion booklet and pilot test it with a voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants (VIPA), like Google Home or Amazon Alexa, to provide homebound older adult patients with skills and tools to help manage social isolation.

Conditions

  • Aging
  • Physical Dependence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VIPA and companion booklet

Participants will be asked to use the VIPA and accompanying second iteration of the instructional booklet focused on social-isolation. These participants will be surveyed over the phone for 16 weeks (baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks) with outcomes measured at each time point.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine O'Brien · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-07-15
Completion
2022-07-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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