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NCT06174337
Robot for Alleviating Loneliness and Engaging Nursing Home Residents
trial testing Use of Video Connection with Family via Robot in Nursing Home Resident in 18 participants. Completed in 30 November 2023.
1 August 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Northeastern University |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 18 |
| Start date | 21 June 2022 |
| Primary completion | 1 August 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 30 November 2023 |
| Sites | 2 locations across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Use of Video Connection with Family via Robot
Conditions studied
- Nursing Home Resident — all drugs for Nursing Home Resident →
Sponsor
Northeastern University
Who can join
65 and older, any sex, with Nursing Home Resident. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Social isolation is an emerging critical challenge in the care of older adults. Nursing home residents engage for an average of just 12 minutes per day with an activity director, a situation further exacerbated by Covid-19. Social isolation has detrimental effects on health, evidenced by 48.7% of nursing home residents with an active depression diagnosis, and 61% have moderate or severe cognitive impairment. The ultimate goal of this project is to alleviate older adults loneliness and boredom and to improve their mood in an economically feasible and scalable way. The investigators will integrate the existing Vigorous Mind (VM) multidomain activities platform for older adults with an affordable autonomous navigating robot to remotely socialize with and engage long-term-care facility (Facility) residents diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or early-stage Alzheimer s disease or related dementias (Residents). The VM web-based platform has been used for group activities in senior living facilities for eight years. A Resident s profile in VM automatically searches the web and presents their favorite music, reminiscence content, comedy, and personalized brain exercises. VM is secure and HIPAA compliant. A VM employee (VM Companion) with experience running activities in a long-term care facility will be introduced by the staff to a Resident as a new companion who will visit the Resident through the robot to keep them company. The temi robot can be instructed to go to room 312 and it will navigate its way to the room. The Resident will be notified that the VM Companion is arriving for a visit, and once in the room, the VM Companion will see and greet the Resident, and the Resident will see the VM Companion. Since the VM Companion has dashboard access to the Resident s background and interests via the VM profile, they will be able to meaningfully socialize and engage in relevant VM activities. The goal of this Phase I project is to test the feasibility of this idea and to collect preliminary data on its effect on loneliness and mood.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northeastern University
- Last refreshed: 18 December 2023
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