Clinical trial NCT06146868: Gerontechnology Evaluation Framework: Outcome Validation
Official title: Gerontechnology Evaluation Framework: Outcome Validation
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Technology
Keywords: Gerontechnology
Outcome indicators
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Gerontechnology Platform, The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund
First posted: 2023-11-27
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Stakeholders of gerontechnology in Hong Kong

Brief summary: The project aims to validate the evaluation indicators applicability of 9 Gerontechnology Evaluation Frameworks. The outcome is the perceived importance of the evaluation indicators described in the 9 Evaluation Frameworks. Participants will be invited to complete a questionnaire indicating the importance of the outcomes.

Detailed description: This study is a cross-sectional survey. 165 to 300 participants will be recruited to complete a questionnaire. For each product theme that they are familiar with, they will rate anonymously the perceived importance of the evaluation indicators on a 5-point Likert scale, give reasons for their ratings and suggest revisions.

Participants will be recruited through convenience sampling in 3 subgroups, including (1) members of Gerontechnology Application and Testing Working Group under Gerontechnology Platform, (2) successful applicants of Innovation and Technology Fund for buying gerontechnology products under the 9 themes, and (3) visitors of Gerontech and Innovation Expo. It is expected that 35% participants will be recruited in subgroup 1, 5% in subgroup 2, and 60% in subgroup 3.

Gerontechnology Platform will invite (1) its members of Gerontechnology Application and Testing Working Group, who are the Users, Caregivers, Staff and Suppliers of gerontechnology products, to fill in the questionnaire online. 3 email reminders will be sent to remind them to complete the questionnaire. (2) The list of successful applicants of Innovation and Technology Fund who applied for the product themes covered in the 9 Evaluation Frameworks will be downloaded from the Social Welfare Department website and their Staff will be invited to fill in the questionnaire online. (3) In Gerontech and Innovation Expo, which is a local exhibition that provides a platform for stakeholders to discuss and collaborate for broader adoption of gerontechnology, research staff will approach all visitors of the Gerontechnology Platform booth. The visitors who fulfil the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be invited to complete the questionnaire.

To ensure the validity of their responses, they will only answer the questionnaire items of the themes they have known, have used, or are most interested. For each product theme that they are familiar with, they will rate anonymously the perceived importance of the evaluation indicators on a 5-point Likert scale, give reasons for their ratings and suggest revisions. Their voluntary written consent will be sought before they complete the questionnaire. Each questionnaire will take around 5 - 10 minutes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* People in one of these categories: Working or has worked in a social service setting for the elderly or person with disability (Staff), an elderly aged 60 or above (User), a person with physical or disability (User), an informal caregiver for an elderly or a person with disability (Caregiver), or belonging to a company/or that has developed or retailed gerontechnology products (Supplier)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to read or write in Chinese

Primary outcomes:
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of fall prevention Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of health monitoring Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of transfer and lifting Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of hygiene management Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of communication Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of anti-wandering Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of air quality sensor Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of feeding tools Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Degree of importance on indicators of cognitive training and stimulation Framework
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: The University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
References:
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