Feasibility Study of i-ACT in Aged Persons

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Feasibility of a Technology-based System in Aged Person Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Plankeweeke, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

i-ACT

Device

Performing exercises with an adapted motion detection device (i.ACT) for 20-30 minutes.

Other names: Kinect

Primary outcomes

Intrinsic motivation

Time frame: 30 minutes

Using the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory to record motivational aspects
Usability of i-ACT

Time frame: 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

Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

PXL University College

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Registry information

Official study title

Intelligent Activity-based Client-centred Training (i-ACT) in Aged Persons

Acronym: i-ACT-aged

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Jul 28, 2020
Registry last updated: Jul 28, 2020

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