A feasibility RCT to assess the usability of the PainChek app to assess pain and scoping of cost implications
- Conditions
- dementiaPainNeurological - Dementias
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621000837820
- Lead Sponsor
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 48
(1) Age 65 years and older and can speak and understand English.
(2) Participants must have been diagnosed with some form of dementia.
(3) Participants are assumed to experience chronic pain if they report and have regular pain medication.
(4) Demonstration of sensation and perception to allow interaction with PARO.
(5) Living in the care facility for more than 3 months.
(1) Diseases such as acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that requires residents to be admitted to hospital frequently;
(2) Terminal illnesses where the resident is in the final palliative stage;
(3) A diagnosis of a major mental illness, such as schizophrenia; and
(4) Infectious diseases, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome, COVID-19, or tuberculosis, or an open wound that is unable to be covered.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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