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NCT Number: NCT02893800

Validation and Optimization of the Individual Benefits of Locating Systems in Dementia Care

The project aims to make new technologies for locating people with dementia easier to use for the patients and those caring for them.

Objective: To systematically understand what improves the user experience of persons with dementia (PwD) and their primary caregivers (CG) with locating system watches to ultimately allow users to obtain more benefits from using these watches.

Aim: Improving the user experience of PwD and CG with locating system watches using a cross-over design and a theory-based educational session approach.

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Key information

Conditions

Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Charité University Medicine

Berlin, Germany

About this study

This entire research field (assistive technology in dementia care) is based on the need to address care solutions for a growing number of PwD and CG in the absence of a cure for (Alzheimer's) dementia.

Methods: A user study with two free available locating watches. In educational sessions PwD obtain a locating watch and their CG a smartphone with the application of the locating watch installed on it. By using a cross-over design each dyad (PwD and CG) obtaining both locating systems. The designed educational session hopefully ease subsequent use and make it more enjoyable. The dyads will use each system over four weeks in their real environment.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • diagnosis of all kinds of dementia or mild cognitive impairment

Exclusion criteria

  • not able to move outside alone

Treatment and study plan

Locating system watch with GPS-technology

Device

Patients using locating system watches with embedded global positioning system (GPS) technology and telephone function; Caregivers using a Smartphone with an installed application to see the current location of the patient and with the possibility to call the patient

Primary outcomes

  1. Usability

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    ISONORM 9241/10 questionnaire (Prümper, 1997)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Caregiver burden

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Zarit Burden Interview (German version: Braun etal., 2010)

  2. Acceptance and Practicability

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Five-point likert scales and qualitative interview with open-ended questions

  3. Subjective quality of life

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    European Health Interview Survey-Quality of Life (German version: Brähler et al., 2007)

  4. Activities of Daily Living

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    BAYER-ADL (Hindmarch, 1998)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Other

Collaborators

  • German Alzheimer Society

Registry information

Official study title

Assistive Technology for Dementia: Validation and Optimization of the Individual Benefits of Locating Systems in Dementia Care (VODINO)

Acronym: VODINO

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 9, 2016
Registry last updated
Jun 6, 2022

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