What Are my Options to Stay Safe at Home: Technology For Aging at Home

NCT ID: NCT04267484

Last Updated: 2020-02-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

294 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-11-28

Study Completion Date

2021-11-30

Brief Summary

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Most older people want to stay at home as long as possible. Effective self-management for people losing autonomy depends on reliable monitoring of their mobility, health and safety and active implication in decision-making. New technologies have the potential to provide information about changing patterns that reflect changing care needs. This information could help older adults, caregivers and health professionals to participate in decision-making about housing options when a change in living environment needs to be considered.

Detailed Description

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This is a multi-phase study to be conducted in 3 countries: Canada (Quebec and Alberta), Sweden and Netherlands. The primary objective is to provide e-decision support technology that will facilitate self-management in the context of aging in place and foster informed value congruent decisions about options to age safely at home.

The aim of the project is to develop and validate a e-technology based on already existing components (e.g. GPS devices, diverse e-platforms and decision support interventions) to 1) help older adults with mild cognitive impairment/memory problems to stay safely at home as long as possible and 2) to provide older adults with decision support tools to help them make informed value congruent decisions (e.g. foster a shared decision-making process) regarding aging at home in a safe manner.

The secondary objectives are:

1. Assess autonomy and mobility of older adults with mild cognitive impairment/memory problems living at home.
2. Inform shared decision-making processes about options to safely age in place for all those involved.

The investigators will apply an integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT), comparative, mixed-methods approach to explore, older adults living at home with mild cognitive impairment/memory problems, their use of space in their homes and neighbourhoods.

The project is divide into 4 work package (WP). In more details, during WP1, the investigators will collect spatial data (e.g. using GPS) and self-reported data (e.g. travel diaries, walking interviews, in-depth interviews, surveys). At WP2, the investigators will use iterative end-user feedback and end-user consultation discussion group to tailor a decision support technology to knowledge-users. At WP3, investigators will assess user opinion regarding factors that could influence their use of the newly adapted e-decision support technology. Finally, at WP4 the investigators will triangulate data and take into account differences between jurisdictions.

This collaboration and our cross-country comparisons will contribute to scaling up e-decision support solutions in the future for the older adults with mild cognitive impairment/memory problems who want to age safely at home.

Conditions

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Memory Problems Aging Mild Cognitive Impairment Shared Decision Making

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Older adults with mild cognitive impairment

WP1, older adults with cognitive impairment will use a GPS tracker for 2 weeks, during which they are asked 1) to keep a daily diary about their activity (travel diary), 2) take the researcher on a walk that they often do (walking interview), and 3) participate in an in-depth interview after 2 weeks, in which their experience with the GPS ans the travel diary data are discussed.

WP2, older adults with mild cognitive impairment, caregivers, health professionals and technology developers will collaborate during group discussion meeting to co-design the e-decision support platform to be adapted.

WP3, older adults with mild cognitive impairment, caregivers and health professionals will then be asked to use the adapted e-decision support platform and fill a survey.

GPS and travel diary

Intervention Type DEVICE

WP1: GPS tracker for 2 weeks and a daily diary about activity (travel diary).

e-decision support platform

Intervention Type OTHER

WP2 and WP3: An e-decision support platform that will foster shared decision making about options to stay safe at home for the older adult.

Interventions

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GPS and travel diary

WP1: GPS tracker for 2 weeks and a daily diary about activity (travel diary).

Intervention Type DEVICE

e-decision support platform

WP2 and WP3: An e-decision support platform that will foster shared decision making about options to stay safe at home for the older adult.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged ≥ 65 years
* Living at home
* Diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or experiencing memory issues
* Able to read, understand and write
* Can provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Older adults who are not able to provide informed consent
* Living in nursing home or hospital
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Laval University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dalarna University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Groningen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alberta

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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France Legare

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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France Légaré, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Laval University

Locations

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CERSSPL

Québec, Quebec, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Alberta

Edmonton, , Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Groningen

Groningen, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Dalarna University

Falun, , Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Canada Netherlands Sweden

Central Contacts

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France Légaré, PhD

Role: CONTACT

418-663-5919 ext. 8100

Danielle Caron, PhD

Role: CONTACT

418-663-5689

Facility Contacts

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France Légaré, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Allyson Jones

Role: primary

Louise Meijering

Role: primary

Marie Elf

Role: primary

References

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Caron CD, Ducharme F, Griffith J. Deciding on institutionalization for a relative with dementia: the most difficult decision for caregivers. Can J Aging. 2006 Summer;25(2):193-205. doi: 10.1353/cja.2006.0033.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16821201 (View on PubMed)

Garvelink MM, Emond J, Menear M, Briere N, Freitas A, Boland L, Perez MMB, Blair L, Stacey D, Legare F. Development of a decision guide to support the elderly in decision making about location of care: an iterative, user-centered design. Res Involv Engagem. 2016 Jul 19;2:26. doi: 10.1186/s40900-016-0040-0. eCollection 2016.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29062524 (View on PubMed)

Pot AM, Willemse BM, Horjus S. A pilot study on the use of tracking technology: feasibility, acceptability, and benefits for people in early stages of dementia and their informal caregivers. Aging Ment Health. 2012;16(1):127-34. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2011.596810. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21780960 (View on PubMed)

Greenhalgh T, Jackson C, Shaw S, Janamian T. Achieving Research Impact Through Co-creation in Community-Based Health Services: Literature Review and Case Study. Milbank Q. 2016 Jun;94(2):392-429. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12197.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27265562 (View on PubMed)

Meijering L, Weitkamp G. Numbers and narratives: Developing a mixed-methods approach to understand mobility in later life. Soc Sci Med. 2016 Nov;168:200-206. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.007. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27316320 (View on PubMed)

Sturge J, Meijering L, Jones CA, Garvelink M, Caron D, Nordin S, Elf M, Legare F. Technology to Improve Autonomy and Inform Housing Decisions for Older Adults With Memory Problems Who Live at Home in Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands: Protocol for a Multipronged Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jan 21;10(1):e19244. doi: 10.2196/19244.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33475512 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.decision.chaire.fmed.ulaval.ca/

Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la décision partagée et l'application des connaissances

Other Identifiers

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118792

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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