Clinical trial NCT04900272: Intelligent Personal Assistant for Managing Depression in Homebound Older Adults
Official title: Intelligent Personal Assistant for Managing Depression in Homebound Older Adults
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging
Physical Dependence
Keywords: Social Isolation
Loneliness
Older Adults
Homebound
Lead sponsor: Northwestern University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers
First posted: 2021-05-25
Enrollment: 21
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to design a companion booklet and pilot test it with a voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants (VIPA), like Google Home or Amazon Alexa, to provide homebound older adult patients with skills and tools to help manage social isolation.

Detailed description: The objective of this pilot study is to design a companion booklet and pilot test it with a voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant (VIPA), Google Home or Amazon Alexa, to provide patients with skills and tools to help manage their social isolation. The companion booklet is a document that will be created using feedback obtained from a panel of geriatric experts, highlighting features of the VIPA that may be most beneficial to socially-isolated older adults. It will be submitted to the IRB for approval once finalized. The specific aims of this project are to:

Aim 1: Design a companion booklet to be used in conjunction with a VIPA (Google Home/Amazon Alexa) for improving social isolation and communication among homebound older adults, defined as someone who is unable to leave the home without assistance of a device or another person, due to a physical or cognitive condition.

Aim 2: Assess the feasibility and implementation of the VIPA (Google Home/Amazon Alexa) and the companion booklet and its impact on clinical and functional outcomes for older adults with social isolation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults aged 65 years or older;
* Homebound patients of the Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics Program;
* English-speaking; and
* Able to verbally consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Condition that limits ability to consent, such as severe cognitive impairment or lack of English proficiency
* Less than 65 years of age

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Acceptability
timeFrame: 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Social Isolation
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Anxiety
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Self Efficacy for Managing Social Interactions
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Companionship
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Depression
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Functional Status
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Cognitive Function
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
measure: Change in Well-being
timeFrame: baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chicago
country: United States
facility: Northwestern University
state: Illinois
Study officials:
affiliation: Northwestern University
name: Katherine O'Brien
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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