Pilot Study Person-centred Tablet Intervention

Saxion University of Applied Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neurological Rehabilitation; Computers; Activities of Daily Living; Dementia; Mobile Applications

Treatments: Behavioral: FMA group; Behavioral: Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04026061

FindMyApps

Details and patient eligibility

About

First evaluation of FindMyApps, a tablet intervention consisting of a selection tool for usable apps for self-management and meaningful activities and a training that supports informal carers to help people with dementia to learn how to use the tablet and the tool.

Full description

Testing the feasibility and mechanism of impact of FindMyApps, a tablet intervention consisting of a selection tool to help persons with dementia find usable apps for self-management and meaningful activities and a training that supports informal carers to employ errorless learning principles to help people with dementia to learn how to use the tablet and the tool.

An exploratory pilot randomized controlled trial was carried out with a mixed-methods design. Twenty persons with mild dementia and carer dyads were randomly assigned to the FindMyApps group (n = 10) that used the FindMyApps training and selection tool, or a control condition that just got a tablet (n = 10). After informal carers had received the training, the dyads in the experimental group started with the three-month intervention. Pre and post-test measurements consisted of questionnaires and post-test semi-structured interviews.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eligible dyads had to be community dwelling.
• Persons with dementia had Mild Cognitive Impairment or mild dementia with a score of 3 to 4 on the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS; 45), with or without a confirmed diagnosis.
• Availability of an informal carer or volunteer to provide support.

Exclusion criteria

• Participation in another intervention trial
• Severe visual and/or physical impairment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

FMA group

Experimental group

Description:

Receiving the FMA training and tool

Treatment:

Behavioral: FMA group

control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Receiving a simple tablet training and some websites

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control group