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NCT Number: NCT02130102

ModuLAAr - A Module Based and Scalable System for Silver-ager in Austria

In this research project a module based Ambient Assisted Living solution will be provided to elderly living in assisted living homes. Those products and services seek to impact quality of life of the elderly and have positive effects on their environment.

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Key information

Conditions

Quality of Life

Age range

60 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 2700, Austria

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 60 years and older
  • informed consent
  • resident of an assisted living home of the Samariterbund Burgenland Rettung und Soziale Dienste GmbH

Exclusion criteria

  • relevant health threatening event or death
  • mini mental state score <17

Treatment and study plan

The ModuLAAr Ambient Assisted Living System

Device

The system consists of the following modules which will be provided to the volunteers according to their needs:

tablet computer (digital photo album, video telephone, meal ordering system, reminder system), bodyweight scale, blood pressure meter, emergency call system, mobile phone (documentation of personal health-related data), bathroom surveillance system, blood glucose meter, house automation technologies/smart home technologies

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes of quality of life and subjective health

    Time frame: 4 and 1 months before intervention. 1, 4 and 12 months after intervention

    multidimensional outcome assessment of quality of life: Quality of life is assessed by the questionnaires of the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD) as well as with semi-structured qualitative interviews. Subjective health is assessed by EQ-5D VAS of the Euroqol-Organization.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in technology acceptance and usability

    Time frame: 1, 12 and 18 months after intervention

    qualitative evaluation according to the technology acceptance model (TAM) and usability questionnaire

  2. Impact and changes on socio-economic parameters

    Time frame: 4 months before intervention. 4 and 12 months after intervention

    user-questionnaire with socio-economic and socio-demographic parameters: (gender, income, housing conditions, level of education, level of social support, working experience, medicine intake, chronic diseases, frequency of falls, health threatening events).

    Semi-structured qualitative interviews using the delphi method will be conducted.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

Other

Collaborators

  • Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)
  • Austrian Research Promotion Agency
  • Samariterbund Burgenland Rettung und Soziale Dienste GmbH
  • University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of ModuLAAr - a Module Based and Scalable System for Silver-ager Located in Assisted Living Homes in Austria

Acronym: ModuLAAr

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
May 5, 2014
Registry last updated
Dec 31, 2015

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