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NCT Number: NCT03857789

Social Robot Support for Healthcare Professionals

This study evaluates the effectiveness of integrated care pathway steps supported by social robots. Half of the participants will receive regular care, while for the other half a social robot dialogue will be included as part of the pathway step.

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Key information

Conditions

Frailty At Older Adults

Age range

70 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Radboud university medical center

Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6525 GC, Netherlands

About this study

There is a worldwide increasing shortage of adequately trained healthcare personnel, leading to the challenge for society to prevent a future "lack of care". At the same time the number of people requiring healthcare is expanding rapidly, amongst others due to the growing percentage of older adults in the population. New means of supporting the available healthcare professionals are therefore urgently required.

Modern healthcare is often implemented through "integrated care pathways". Certain steps in these pathways involve dialogues with patients. Speaking social robots are increasingly being advertised as supportive for healthcare professionals and may handle certain structured dialogue types, such as questionnaires. Based on previous positive preclinical experiences with social robots interviewing community-dwelling older subjects, the researchers want to investigate the implementation of a social robot in an integrated care pathway in the outpatient clinic.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Suspicion of need for quality of life support

Exclusion criteria

  • Psychiatric Disorders

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

A 40 question frailty questionnaire.

Primary outcomes

  1. Consumer Quality index (CQ-index)

    Time frame: 4 Months

    The CQ-index records the quality of care from a patient perspective using answers to questions like "Would you recommend this outpatient clinic to your family?", "How did you experience the communication with your caregiver?" and "Were you adequately informed?".

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Radboud University Medical Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Delft University of Technology

Registry information

Official study title

Supporting Health Care Professionals With a Social Robot in an Integrated Care Pathway: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Feb 28, 2019
Registry last updated
Mar 9, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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