Pilot Evaluation of Technology-enhanced Horticultural Activities Among the People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
NCT ID: NCT05577975
Last Updated: 2022-10-13
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Basic Information
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60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-09-01
2024-08-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Method The home-based technology-enhanced horticultural activities will be delivered for the people with dementia and their family caregivers through a smart grower. The smart grower is a hydroponic indoor grower that builds a controllable environment with auto optimization for growing healthy plants, fresh vegetables, herbs, and fruits. A mobile app will be connected to the grower for controlling the growing environment (e.g. lighting, watering), tracking the progress of the plants, guiding the older people with dementia and their family caregiver to conduct the horticulture activities. The program will consist of three face-to-face (F-T-F) horticultural activity training session for a group of 6-8 participants and then biweekly telephone follow-up for 8-week home-based horticultural intervention. The home-based program contains different horticultural, cognitive and multisensory stimulation activities such asking the PWD and the family caregiver to record the sense of touch and odor when taking care of the plant and the various changes of the plants by using the smart grower. Program evaluation will be conducted through focus groups with 15 participants with different levels of stress reduction after the intervention. The aims of the focus groups is to identify the strengths, limitations, and difficulties of the home-based technology-enhanced horticultural program.
Significance and Value In this project, we would like to collaborate with the elderly center to deliver the technology-enhanced horticultural activities for PWD in the community and make this program sustainable in the community. Meanwhile, we will collect the users' feedback and further modify the program to fit the needs of the people with dementia and the family caregivers.
In the future, we hope that the program will not only benefit the community-dwelling older people but also those receiving service in the respite center, day care center, hospice and nursing home as they are also facing the challenges of manpower shortage, issues of loneness and poor psychological health. We will base on the data and results collected from this proposed study and further revise the program and software for servicing the older people in nursing through a group-based approach.
Conditions
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Study Design
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Study Groups
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Intervention Arm
The program will consist of three face-to-face (F-T-F) horticultural activity training session for a group of 6-8 participants and then biweekly telephone follow-up for 8-week home-based horticultural intervention.
The Aspara @ smart grower
The program will consist of three face-to-face (F-T-F) horticultural activity training session for a group of 6-8 participants and then biweekly telephone follow-up for 8-week home-based horticultural intervention. The home-based program contains different horticultural, cognitive and multisensory stimulation activities such asking the PWD and the family caregiver to record the sense of touch and odor when taking care of the plant and the various changes of the plants by using the smart grower. Program evaluation will be conducted through focus groups with 15 participants with different levels of stress reduction after the intervention.
Interventions
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The Aspara @ smart grower
The program will consist of three face-to-face (F-T-F) horticultural activity training session for a group of 6-8 participants and then biweekly telephone follow-up for 8-week home-based horticultural intervention. The home-based program contains different horticultural, cognitive and multisensory stimulation activities such asking the PWD and the family caregiver to record the sense of touch and odor when taking care of the plant and the various changes of the plants by using the smart grower. Program evaluation will be conducted through focus groups with 15 participants with different levels of stress reduction after the intervention.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 65 or above who had been diagnosed with any type of dementia at the early to moderate stage
2. Are Community-dwelling (i.e., non-institutionalized),
3. Are Able to understand Cantonese and follow simple instruction
2. The family caregivers
1. Aged 18 years or above;
2. the blood or by-marriage relatives (e.g. spouses, siblings, children, and grandchildren) of a person who has been clinically diagnosed with dementia, regardless of its types and these relatives are taking up the caring responsibilities ranging from physical aids to emotional supports, in the form of transportation, financial assistance, personal hygiene, and decision-making.;
3. Providing most of the daily care and support for PWD (daily contact for at least four hours); and
4. Able to speak Cantonese
Exclusion Criteria
1. Are diagnosed with a mental disorder such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dementia, or depression; and/or,
2. Are taking anticonvulsants, or any kind of psychotropic drugs, and/or identified with a self-reported suicidal thought or drug abuse in the past 6 months.
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Patrick KOR Pui Kin
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Principal Investigators
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Patrick Kor, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Locations
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univeristy
Hong Kong, , Hong Kong
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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HSEARS20220801002
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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