ChiCTR2400085952Not yet recruitingUnknown
Supporting Current Home Care Services with a Robot-mediated Interactive Intervention (RMII) to Reduce Loneliness in Older Adults: A Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)1 site in 1 countryStarted: April 1, 2024Last updated:
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Unknown
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Loneliness
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of supplementing a robot-mediated interactive intervention (RMII) to current home care services in HK for older adults who live alone or with an older spouse at home, and to examine the preliminary efficacy of RMII on reducing loneliness. The objectives of the study are:
- To assess the feasibility (recruitment rate, retention rate, intervention adherence, implementation fidelity, and safety) of RMII;
- To assess the acceptability (participant satisfaction and usability of the features, cultural acceptance, electricity cost, etc.) of RMII;
- To examine the preliminary efficacy of the RMII on loneliness, visuo-motor function, psychological distress, and quality of life among older adults.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Primary Purpose
- 随机平行对照
- Masking
- After receiving consent from the participant, a research assistant, who will be blinded to the group allocations, will collect demographic information and administer the baseline outcome measures (T0). This research assistant will again administer the outcome measures at week 2,4, 6, 8 and 3 months after the intervention through phone.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 60 to 100 (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •ethnic Chinese aged 60 years or above; 2) living alone or with an older spouse at home and receiving home care services); 3) with moderate or severe loneliness [score of 3-6 on the Chinese De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale]; 4) cognitively intact [score of ≦2 on the 5-item Abbreviated Memory Inventory for the Chinese (AMIC]; 5) able to command a robot by voice and use a hand to operate it on a surface pro.
Exclusion Criteria
- •those with diagnosis of a major neurocognitive disorder; 2) a history of symptomatic stroke or other disease of the central nervous system; 3) a serious medical or psychiatric illness (e.g., severe depression, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder) or unremitting visual or hearing impairment that would interfere with using a robot; 4) have limited access to electricity and/or no Wi-Fi at home (as these are not favourable conditions for the use of technology).
Arms & Interventions
Intervention group
Control group
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Loneliness
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, 4, 6, 8 and 3 months after the intervention
Secondary Outcomes
- Visuo-motor function(Baseline, Week 8 and 3 months after the intervention)
- Psychological distress(Baseline, Week 8 and 3 months after the intervention)
- Quality of life(Baseline, Week 8 and 3 months after the intervention)
Investigators
Study Sites (1)
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