Comparative Study of QuietCare

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elderly People; Living Alone in a Residence With Care Giver

Treatments: Device: QuietCare

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01839825

109-2012-GES-0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to examine the efficacy and safety of QuietCare in a randomized, open study in elderly subjects living in assisted/ independent living facilities for 6 months.

Enrollment: 202 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. ability to move independently or by using a walker (without assistance) inside
2. residents using a single room, age 65 or older, of either sex

Exclusion criteria

• people who use wheel chairs,
• people who are bed-ridden

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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202 participants in 2 patient groups

QuietCare

Experimental group

Description:

QuieCare system installed

Treatment:

Device: QuietCare

control

No Intervention group

Description:

no system installed