Connecting Seniors to Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia
• Interventions: Other: meals; Other: AES 8 advanced usage; Other: AES 8 basic usage

• Registration Number: NCT04581317
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of implementing the virtual assistant devices into the daily routine of participants and their caregivers,to measure social determinants of health,depression,cognitive impairment,nutritional and functional status in the cognitively impaired participants

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-02
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-09
• Study Start: 2021-01-19
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-29
• Study Completion: 2022-12-31
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• cognitive impairment as reported in the Mental Health Screening/Assessment section on the Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston's Meals on Wheels Program (IMGH MOW) intake form
• are on the IMGH MOW waiting list
• medically stable

Exclusion Criteria

• do not have cognitive impairment
• have a pre-diagnosed terminal illness
• unable to ambulate, and/or are unable to use their upper extremities.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Phase 1 (meals only)	meals	Participants will receive meals delivered to them by the Meals oN wheels(MOW) program for 6 weeks.MOW will once a week deliver in-person enough frozen meals to cover lunch for 5 days and breakfast for 7 days. Study staff will call the participants twice a week to ask 5 questions about their health, mood, and meal consumption.At the end of the 6 weeks, a study team member will make an in-person visit to the participants' homes to measure Fried Frailty Phenotype(FFP), MHS, CES-D, MOCA, Activities of Daily Living (ADL)/Instrumental activities of daily living(IADL)s, NSI, and ZCBI. Caregivers will not receive meals during this first phase as the focus is on the nutritional status of the cognitively impaired older adult.
Phase 2 (Meals + Amazon Echo Show 8 (AES 8) basic usage)	meals	Participants will have meals delivered and the AES device installed for basic usage
Phase 3 (meals + AES 8 advanced )	meals	Participants will have meals delivered and the AES device installed for advanced usage
Phase 3 (meals + AES 8 advanced )	AES 8 advanced usage	Participants will have meals delivered and the AES device installed for advanced usage
Phase 2 (Meals + Amazon Echo Show 8 (AES 8) basic usage)	AES 8 basic usage	Participants will have meals delivered and the AES device installed for basic usage

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility as measured by the technology acceptance measure (TAM)	18 weeks from baseline	The TAM has 4 questions each one with five answer choices ranging form Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Caregiver burden as measured by the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (ZCBI)	Baseline,18 weeks	The ZCBI has 22 questions with a score ranging from 0-88, a higher score indicating more burden
Change in social determinants of health as measured by the the Mental Health Screening/Assessment (MHS)	Baseline,18 weeks
Change in cognitive impairment as measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA)	Baseline,18 weeks	Total score on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) range from 0 to 30, with a higher score indicating a better outcome.
Change in nutritional status as measured by the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI)	Baseline,18 weeks
Change in Depression as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)	Baseline,18 weeks	The scale consists of 20 questions and each is scored from 0-4,a higher number indicating more depression

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States