The effect of a social robot on pain and behavioural and psychological symptoms in people with dementia: A pilot randomised controlled study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dementia care; Neurological - Dementias; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000082202
• Lead Sponsor: Griffith University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-01-19
• Study Completion: 2018-12-21
• Last Update Posted: 28 January 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Aged 65 years and older who can understand and speak English or Mandarin.
(2) Participants must have been diagnosed with some form of dementia or probable diagnosis of dementia by staff.
(3) Being prescribed pain medications or an indication of pain (intensity * frequency greater than or equal to 2) according to two questions about pain intensity and frequency from the Minimum Data Set of the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS-RAI)-pain scale. For those who cannot self-report pain, proxy pain reports of residents in the previous week will be obtained.
(4) Display of at least one of the sensory characteristics, e.g., vision, hearing or touch; and (5) Living in a care facility for more than 3 months (to avoid the potential anxiety and distress caused by a new environment).

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Diseases such as acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or renal failure that requires admission to the hospital frequently.
(2) Terminal illnesses such as advanced cancer where the patient is in the final palliative stage.
(3) A diagnosis of a major mental illness such as schizophrenia.
(4) Infectious diseases such as AIDS or tuberculosis or wounds that cannot be adequately covered.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of the pain level measured by two ways: (1) self-reports of pain measured by The Revised Iowa Pain Thermometer (IPT-R) ; (2) researcher's observation of pain behaviour using The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD).[Baseline and immediately post-intervention ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of agitation being assessed by the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory – Short Form (CMAI-SF)[Baseline and immediately post-intervention ];Change of depression being assessed by the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)[Baseline and immediately post-intervention ];Change of anxiety being assessed by the Rating Anxiety in Dementia (RAID)[Baseline and immediately post-intervention ];Physiological indicators (e.g. heart rate, physical activity and sleep duration being assessed by the SenseWear armband and the level of salivary cortisol).[Baseline and immediately post-intervention ];Pain medication consumption being assessed by the Modification Quantification Scale Version III (MQS III )[Baseline and immediately post intervention ]