Status:
UNKNOWN
CARESSES Testing and Evaluation Phases
Lead Sponsor:
University of Bedfordshire
Collaborating Sponsors:
Università degli Studi of Genova
Örebro University, Sweden
Conditions:
Aging
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to conduct and evaluate a controlled experimental trial aimed at exploring whether, to what extent and how a socially-assistive Pepper robot that operates on a unique CARESSES...
Detailed Description
The objective of the "Culture-Aware Robots and Environmental Sensor Systems for Elderly Support' (CARESSES) project is to build culturally competent robots that are able to re-configure their way of a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria (Older Adults):
- Aged ≥ 65 years.
- Reside in an eligible Advinia care home in the UK or within the HISUISUI facility in Japan.
- Reside in a single occupancy bedroom / bedroom area.
- Identify themselves as primarily belonging to the White-English or Indian cultures (UK site only), or Japanese culture (Japan site only).
- Unlikely to express aggression towards themselves, the robot, and/or the researcher (as assessed by the interRAI- Long Term Care Facility (LTCF) tool Aggressive Behaviour Scale (ABS) \< 1).
- Have the cognitive ability to participate in the study (as assessed by the interRAI-LTCF tool Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) ≤ 2).
- Unlikely to fall ill and be hospitalized during study period (as assessed by the FRAIL-NH scale ≤ 10)
- Verbally able to communicate in and understand English (UK site only) or Japanese (Japan site only).
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Aged \< 65 years.
- Reside in multiple-occupancy bedrooms (UK site only)
- Do not identify themselves as primarily belonging to the Indian, White-English or Japanese culture.
- Likely to express aggression towards themselves the robot, and/or the researcher (as assessed by the interRAI-LTCF tool ABS ≥ 1).
- Do not have sufficient cognitive ability to participate in the study (as assessed by the interRAI-LTCF tool CPS \> 2).
- Likely to fall ill and be hospitalized during study period (as assessed by the FRAIL-NH scale \> 10)
- Not able to communicate in and understand English (UK site only) or Japanese (Japan site only).
- Inclusion criteria (Informal carers)
- Aged ≥18 years.
- Have visited the participant in the care home within the past 3 months.
- Provide any type of informal help, care and/or support to the participant.
- Are a relative, partner, friend or neighbour who has a significant personal relationship with the participant.
- Are not paid or officially employed to provide care to the participant.
- Able to communicate in and understand English (UK site) or Japanese (Japanese site).
- Exclusion criteria (Informal carers)
- Aged \< 18 years.
- Have not visited the participant in the care home within the past 3 months.
- Not able to verbally communicate in and understand English (UK site only) or Japanese (Japan site only).
- Are formally paid to provide care to the participant.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 15 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03756194
Start Date
February 15 2019
End Date
January 31 2020
Last Update
October 14 2019
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University of Bedfordshire
Luton, United Kingdom, LU1 3JU