Feasibility Study of i-ACT in Aged Persons

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Feasibility of a Technology-based System in Aged Person

• Registration Number: NCT04489563
• Lead Sponsor: PXL University College

Brief Summary

A mix-method cross-sectional feasibility study performed in five aged care institutes in Flanders, Belgium. A convenience sample of 48 aged persons was recruited and 12 supervisors (i.e. occupational therapy students and therapists).

Aged persons received a 20-30 minutes test with a technology-based system, i.e. intelligent Activity-based Client-centred Training system (i-ACT). The i-ACT consists of the Microsoft Kinect and adapted software in which movements can be recorded and training parameters can be set by supervisors.

During and after the test, the thinking aloud method was used. After the test, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, the System Usability Scale, and the Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire were administered in the aged persons.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-12
• Study Completion: 2019-05-12
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-27
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-28
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• a client of the participating centres
• cognitively able to understand and respond to questions
• follow up instructions
• understand and speak the Dutch language

Exclusion Criteria

• severe spasticity that unables participants to perform exercises
• severe visual impairment (e.g. blindness, cataract, etc.)
• severe communication disorder that unables participants to understand and follow up instructions (e.g. aphasia, agnosia, etc.)
• persons who use electric wheelchairs who are not able to make a transfer towards a chair.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intrinsic motivation	30 minutes	Using the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory to record motivational aspects
Usability of i-ACT	10 minutes	Using the System Usability Scale to explore the usability of i-ACT in aged persons. The System Usability Scale consists of a 10 item questionnaire with five response options for respondents; from Strongly agree to Strongly disagree. The items scores are converted into a score from 0 (negative) to 100 (positive). A score of 72.5 or higher is considered good and above 85.0 is excellent.
Credibility/expectancy	10 minutes	Using the Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire to research the credibility and expectancy of aged persons when using the i-ACT for physical activity. It is one test that consists of 2 subscales, i.e. credibility and expectancy, and scores range from 1 (totally not) to 9 (totally yes) and percentages. The percentages are converted to scores on a scale of 1 to 9/ The maximum score on each subscale is 27. A score of 13.5 is considered neutral, everything above 13.5 is positive while everything under 13.5 is considered negative.

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Plankeweeke; 🇧🇪 Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium

Begralim; 🇧🇪 Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium

DVC H. Catharina; 🇧🇪 Zonhoven, Limburg, Belgium

WZC H. Catharina; 🇧🇪 Zonhoven, Limburg, Belgium