Accurate WiFi-Based Localization of Dementia Patients For Caregiver Support: Phase II
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 13
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Caregiver Activity Survey
研究概览
简要总结
In this Phase II SBIR project we will enhance a wireless WiFi-based insole that was designed and successfully tested during a Phase I trial with elderly persons with dementia and their caregivers, and then investigate its efficacy in terms of caregiver activity, burden, and quality of life in Phase II. Evaluation will use semi-structured interviews and participant observation data collected from professional and family caregivers of patients with moderate or mild dementia.
详细描述
The efficacy of the Activlink system offering localization information to improve caregiver will be evaluated in two studies. Study 2a will use the insole system with dementia patients residing in skilled or memory care. Data regarding caregiving activity will be collected from their paid professional care providers. Study 2b will use participant localization data collected on 80 independently dwelling mild dementia patients. In this case data will be collected from their unpaid family caregivers. Both studies will result in evaluating the efficacy of the WiFi-based insole to provide caregivers with augmented patient awareness, helping to improve their immediate quality of life by reducing their direct burden of continuous oversight of their person in care.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 85 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Persons With Dementia Resides in memory care or skilled nursing
- •Moderate dementia (MMSE of 10-18)
- •Ambulatory (without or with cane, walker or wheelchair assist)
- •A legal proxy that can provide consent
- •Persons With Dementia Resides in independent living setting in community.
- •Mild dementia (MMSE of 19-25)
- •Ambulatory (without or with cane, walker or wheelchair assist).
- •Has a legal proxy that can provide consent.
- •Care Partners
- •Speaks English
- •Be 21 years of age or over
- •Has at least three times per week direct contact with person with dementia (PWD)
- •Consents to participate in the study
排除标准
- •Is not fluent in written or spoken English
- •Indicate an unwillingness to use the Activlink
- •History of Major Mental Illness for patient or caregiver
结局指标
主要结局
Caregiver Activity Survey
时间窗: week 2
Validated scale requires caregivers to report on amount of time spent caregiving for a particular patient. It has high test-retest reliability. Caregivers will be asked to complete this instrument once every two weeks. The scale describes the total number of minutes spent daily on six different caregiving activities. Therefore the minimum value for each item is 0 and the maximum is 1,440 for each item. Higher scores on each item mean more time spent caregiving.
次要结局
- Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale(Up to 6 months)
- AD Quality of Life Scale(up to 6 months)