Pilot study to investigate the SmartPointer system in the context of domestic life with older people in need of support
- Conditions
- Healthy participants
- Registration Number
- DRKS00022533
- Lead Sponsor
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Forschungsgruppe Geriatrie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
Seniors over 60 years
- Seniors without physical limitations
- Seniors with mobility restrictions (use of a walker, wheelchair, walking stick or similar)
- Signed subject information and informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Seniors under 60 years
- severe cognitive impairment MMSE <24
- Seniors in legal care
- Recent surgery on the dominant hand, which would make the use of the remote control painful or impossible
- Seniors with severe visual impairment so that the light beam from the remote control cannot be perceived
- Seniors with red-green weakness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A) Germany-wide online survey from the end of August 2020<br><br>B) How do older people in need of support use and accept the SmartPointer system in their home environment? The study will start in January 2021. A Mixed Methods Design consisting of qualitative guideline-based interviews, task-based testing of the system and quantitative validated assessments will be applied.<br>The following validated questionnaires will be used:<br>- Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Folstein et al., 1975)<br>- (Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) (Brandt et al., 1988)<br>- Questionnaire on technology readiness (Neyer et al., 2012)<br>- User experience Questionnaire (UEQ) (Laugwitz et al., 2009)<br>- Technology Usage Inventory (TUI) (Kotgassner et al., 2012)<br>- NASA TLX (Task Load Index) questionnaire (YM Xiao et al., 2005)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method