The Effectiveness of Air Quality Sensor on Resident Wellbeing and Changes in Care Routines in Elderly Residential Setting: A Single Group Pre-post Test Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change from Baseline respiratory symptoms every two weeks until week 14
研究概览
简要总结
The study has 7 research questions regarding the use of the air quality sensor in residential care home for the elderly:
Primary study questions:
- Can the real-time monitoring of air quality and the subsequent activities to improve air quality and long-term measures reduce respiratory symptoms?
Secondary study questions: 2. Can the real-time monitoring of air quality and the subsequent activities to improve air quality and long-term measures reduce pulse rate, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure? 3. What are the activities to improve air quality and long-term measures that aim to improve air quality, including the rationales for change and non-change of the measures? 4. What are the changes in air quality indexes recorded by the air quality sensor?
Auxiliary study questions: 5. How many days do the residents feel sick and stay in hospitals? 6. What are the perceived benefits and feasibility of the air quality sensor?
详细描述
Study design
The trial is a single group pre-post test study at Haven of Hope Woo Ping Care and Attention Home. There will be a pre-test of 2 weeks and trial of 12 weeks. During pre-test, the service unit will use the sensors to detect air quality. During the trial period, based on the analysis on air quality indexes in the past 2 weeks, the managers of the service unit will decide the changes of activities to improve air quality (e.g. opening windows, switching on fresh air supply fans and air purifiers, etc.) and long-term measures (e.g. using materials or plants that improve air quality, rearrange the bedroom, reschedule use of the rooms and activity schedule, replace air purifiers filters regularly, etc.) that may improve air quality.
This protocol complies with the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) and Declaration of Helsinki.
Procedures
- System installation
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Inclusion criteria of residents:
- •Reside on the floor of the study site that will be installed with the air quality sensors, and
- •Preferably have respiratory and pulmonary illnesses
- •Inclusion criteria of care staff:
- •Responsible for the general care of the participants
排除标准
- •Exclusion criteria of residents and care staff:
研究组 & 干预措施
Air quality sensors
The experimental group will use the air quality sensors during 2 weeks pre-test and 12 weeks trial period.
干预措施: Air quality sensors (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Change from Baseline respiratory symptoms every two weeks until week 14
时间窗: From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period
Change of four respiratory symptoms of participants, including coughing, having sputum, having shortness of breath and having runny nose, will be observed and recorded by the care staff every two weeks. Care staff will complete four items on a 5-point Likert scale (i.e. 1 indicating no symptoms and 5 indicating serve symptoms). The minimum and maximum values of the scale is 5 and 25 respectively, with higher score indicating more severe respiratory symptoms.
次要结局
- The changes in respirable suspended particulates (PM2.5) until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- Change from Baseline blood pressure every week until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- Qualitative measures: The perceived benefits and feasibility of the air quality sensor of residents(At the end of 12-week trial period)
- Change from Baseline pulse rate every week until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- The changes in temperature until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- The changes in carbon dioxide until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- The changes in the number of sick days of participants between 12 weeks before the trial and trial period(From 12 weeks before the trial to the end of 12-week trial period)
- Qualitative measures: Change of air quality improvement measures every two weeks until week 14(From the end of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- Qualitative measures: The perceived benefits and feasibility of the air quality sensor of care staff(At the end of 12-week trial period)
- The changes in humidity until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- The changes in total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- The changes in formaldehyde until week 14(From the start of 2-week pre-test to the end of 12-week trial period)
- The number of hospital days of participants between 12 weeks before the trial and trial period(From 12 weeks before the trial to the end of 12-week trial period)
研究者
Dr. Derek Yee-Tak Cheung
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor
The University of Hong Kong