Clinical trial NCT06448221: Longitudinal Effectiveness of HEART Smartphone- Based Videoconferencing Program in Enhancing Residents and Family'Health
Official title: The Longitudinal Effectiveness of Helper of Emotional Assessment and Relationship Teaching (HEART) Smartphone- Based Videoconferencing Program in Enhancing Residents and Their Family' Health
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Communication
Health Behavior
Lead sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-06-07
Enrollment: 140
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: This study intends to understand the longitudinal effectiveness of the smartphone- based Helper of Emotional Assessment ＆Relationship Teaching (HEART) videoconferencing program in enhancing residents and family health through the employment of a sequential-methods, triangulation research design.

In the phase I lasing 18 months, it will employ: (a) a web-based RT/communication education programs which is develop based on understanding the experience of videoconferencing visit from family in nursing home, and (b) a HEA system which is for real-time face emotion recognition system used in videoconferencing will be developed and tested. In the phase II occupying the second 18 months it will evaluate the longitudinal effects of the HEART program on residents' and family's health change over time (baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months).

Nursing homes in Taiwan will be automated computerized blocked randomly assigned to three groups: (a) An RT group, which receives the RT program and uses 3 months' smartphone-based videoconferencing without the HEA system, (b) A HEART group, which receives the RT program and uses 3 months smartphone-based videoconferencing along with the HEA system, and(c) A control group, which has only smartphone-based videoconferencing visits.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. residents were aged equal or higher than 60 years, resident's family were aged equal or higher than 20 years.
2. both residents and family could communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese
3. both residents and family have no serious hearing problems
4. residents has a MMSE score equal or higher than 16 for residents with no formal education or higher than 24 for residents with at least a primary school education
5. both residents and family agree to participate,
6. family is the significant member of residents, such as caregivers.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: family's communication knowledge
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: resident health-Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months
measure: resident health-Activity of daily living (ADL)
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months
measure: resident health-heart rate variation (HRV)
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months
measure: resident health-profile of mood states(POMS)
timeFrame: baseline, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hsinchu
country: Taiwan
facility: Catholic Mercy Hospital Attached Nursing Home
Study officials:
affiliation: Chang Gung University
name: Hsiu Hsin Tsai, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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