Innovative Tool to Limit Spread of COVID 19 in Residential Aged Care Facilities

NCT ID: NCT04377165

Last Updated: 2021-03-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 34 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-05-06
• Study Completion Date: 2020-08-26

Brief Summary

This project is a randomised trial in order to determine if "gamification" can result in behaviour change for healthcare workers in the residential aged care setting. The app is for Age Care and care workers at the front line who are working to protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19. There are 2 groups in this trial on group will receive current and accurate information from an app. The other group will receives the app with the addition of a gamification competent, this will include rewarding experiences for staff doing safety behaviours and wellbeing behaviours. The purpose of the gamification is to create a calming and reassuring experience that injects positivity and joy where possible during this stressful time.

Detailed Description

The study design will be a multi- centre cluster randomised control trial, where Age Care facilities are randomised into two groups:

1. Newsfeed- gets the app with newsfeed only

2. Gamification group- gets the full gamified app, including the newsfeed Workers in our network of residential aged care facilities will be invited to participate in a study of communication of information regarding COVID-19 and how they will play a role in preventing its spread.

Conditions

COVID; Influenza; Gastroenteritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Newsfeed

This will provide you with reliable accurate information on the pandemic.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Newsfeed function

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This will provide the user with reliable accurate information on the pandemic.

Gamification

The gamification function will allow users to earn points for actions completed. The gamification function has links to resources for infection control, watching or completing tasks or playing games to earn points. Points can be viewed at a facility level, state level or national level.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Gamification

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This will provide the user with the newsfeed function and the addition of a gamification function

Interventions

Gamification

This will provide the user with the newsfeed function and the addition of a gamification function

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Newsfeed function

This will provide the user with reliable accurate information on the pandemic.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age Health Care Worker

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

The University of Queensland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

David L Paterson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Queensland

Other Identifiers

Care Collective Study

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id