A Digital Life Story to Support Person-centred Care for Older Adults With Dementia Perspectives

NCT ID: NCT06337201

Last Updated: 2024-03-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-08-15

Study Completion Date

2027-06-30

Brief Summary

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Person-centred care can be supported when healthcare professionals access and actively use the information recorded in a life story. Active use of the life story can create security for a person with dementia and their carers. The written life story describes the person and their life experiences, which can define the person's identity. National guidelines for care and nursing in dementia and Blekinge's regional guidelines emphasise the importance of care and nursing for people with dementia, which should be given with a person-centred approach, where the life story becomes a tool for healthcare professionals. Research shows that a life story can be designed in several ways. For example, in book form, as a brochure, collage, memory box or electronically. The life story is also intended as a tool for healthcare professionals to create security and facilitate communication with the individual. As more and more older adults are using computers and tablets as assistive devices, and it is also becoming more common for healthcare professionals to use, for example, tablets as assistive devices in nursing care, the life story could be shared in digital form as an application and become a living document.

Overall aim: To test an application for the life story with the intention of supporting person-centred care for older adults with dementia and to test whether the application can replace the written completion document. Study I: Exploring the research area of the life story in digital form. Study II: Focus group interviews with healthcare professionals. Study III: Test the application, Min Memoria. Study IV: Observations on the use of the application.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cognitive Impairment Dementia

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Healthcare professionals working in daycare center and residential care.

Test of the application Min Memoria

Intervention Type DEVICE

Focus group interviews will be conducted to reach healthcare professionals' experiences using a written life story in daily care. Then, the information from the written life story will be transferred to the application, and the healthcare professionals will test a digital life story (the application) in daily care instead. Observation studies will be conducted to observe the use of the digital life story. What can be seen in the communication and the interaction, and in what situations is the digital life story used?

Interventions

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Test of the application Min Memoria

Focus group interviews will be conducted to reach healthcare professionals' experiences using a written life story in daily care. Then, the information from the written life story will be transferred to the application, and the healthcare professionals will test a digital life story (the application) in daily care instead. Observation studies will be conducted to observe the use of the digital life story. What can be seen in the communication and the interaction, and in what situations is the digital life story used?

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthcare professionals using a life story in daily care.

Exclusion Criteria

* N/A
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Blekinge Institute of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Blekinge Institute of Technology

Karlskrona, Blekinge County, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Sweden

Central Contacts

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Helén D Dellkvist, PhD student

Role: CONTACT

+46732313417

Peter Anderberg, Professor

Role: CONTACT

+46734223736

Facility Contacts

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Johan Sanmartin Berglund, MD, PhD

Role: primary

+46455385471

Peter Anderberg, PhD

Role: backup

+46455385436

Other Identifiers

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BTH-6.1.1-0138-2023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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