An Innovative Occupational Program Using New Technologies (KODRO) Life of Nursing

Terminated

• Conditions: Home Residents
• Interventions: Other: stimulating activities

• Registration Number: NCT02992054
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

Brief Summary

Randomized controlled trial for assessing the effects resulting from an innovative occupational program using new technologies (KODRO) on nursing home residents' quality of life

Context : improving quality of life (QOL) for the nursing homes residents (NHR) is a national priority (2010 report from French ANESM).

Detailed Description

KODRO stimulation program makes available stimulating activities through the use of a tactile tablet computer. These tablets are linked to an internet-based service platform The project main objective is to demonstrate by way of a randomized controlled trial the significance of the improvement of residents' QOL achieved by 2 one-hour KODRO sessions per week during 6 months (KODRO nursing homes) when compared with the usual stimulation activity program (nursing homes "controls") (difference for the QOL-AD score \> 2 points).At last, the objective of the study is also observational, i.e. to determine the quality of life of NHR at baseline, in its differents aspects.Subjects \& methods Analysis will be conducted to compare quantitative parameters at the beginning of the trial to verify the comparability of the two groups and of the mean average change between parameters measured at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months in both groups.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-01
• Study Completion: 2014-06
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-12-09
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 2016-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 239

Inclusion Criteria

• Nursing home residents

Exclusion Criteria

• Not able to participate in the ocupational therapy using KODRO (Demential end of life ...)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stimulating activities with the use of tactile tablet computer	stimulating activities	Stimulating activities through the use of a tactile tablet computer. These tablets are linked to an internet-based service platform and offer a very easy and intuitive interaction for the user, even when this person is suffering from a moderate cognitive and/or physical impairment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life: QOL-AD score: questionnaire	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Different aspects of QOL score: questionnaire	6 Months	Measurement of apathy; * depression; * anxiety; * autonomy; * self-esteem; * overall well-being; * behavioral problems; * psychotropic medication use