Study of the Impact of a Social Telepresence Robot on Social Isolation and Loneliness of the Elderly at Home

NCT ID: NCT04767100

Last Updated: 2023-02-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 56 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-09-24
• Study Completion Date: 2021-07-29

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this monocentric, prospective study is to measure the impact of the implementation of a robotic social telepresence tool, during three months at home, on the feeling of loneliness and social isolation of the elderly

Detailed Description

This non-interventional and prospective study offers elderly people living at home the opportunity to host a social telepresence robot, for a period of three months, with the aim of maintaining a link with those around them and discovering activities offered by professionals (cooking, yoga, visiting virtual museum, etc.) via a networking platform.

This study consists of questionnaires and score calculations, assessing their feeling of loneliness and how they accept the robot in their home.

Subjects will be interviewed one week before the robot arrives at their home, at the start of the study (when the robot arrives).

The follow-up is carried out by a neuropsychologist at 6, 12 and 24 weeks of presence at home.

Data measuring loneliness and social isolation, memory, patient interaction with the robot, their quality of life as well as their emotions will be collected using questionnaires.

Conditions

Elderly People Living at Home; With an Internet Connection at Home

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Social telepresence robot

Use of a social telepresence robot at home, during three months with the aim of reducing the feeling of loneliness and social isolation among the elderly.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects aged at least 65 and living at home in Ile-de-France
• Having expressed his non-opposition to his participation in the study
• Agreeing to host a social telepresence robot at home
• Having an internet connection at home

Exclusion Criteria

• Subject aged under 65 or not living at home in Ile-de-France
• Having expressed his opposition to his participation in the study
• With moderate / major cognitive impairment (Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) <20)
• Placed under tutorship / curatorship
• Whose housing surface is insufficient for reception and robot movements

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Gérond'if

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Anne-Sophie RIGAUD, MD PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Living Lab Department, Broca Hospital

Locations

Living Lab Department, Broca Hospital

Paris, Île-de-France Region, France

Countries

France

References

Isabet B, Rigaud AS, Li W, Pino M. Telepresence Robot Intervention to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Older Adults Living at Home (Project DOMIROB): Protocol for a Clinical Nonrandomized Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Oct 31;11(10):e40528. doi: 10.2196/40528.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 36315231 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2020-A00381-38

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id