Robotics as a Useful Tool to Improve the Hydration of the Elderly (Hidroponent)

Universitat de Lleida

Status: Completed

Conditions: Urinary Infections; Dehydration; Daily Fluid Intake

Treatments: Device: humanoid robot; Other: Usual care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06520033

N23059

2023 CLIMA 00047 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a hydration educational program executed through a robot in comparison with the usual hydration program in terms of fluid intake and general health status of the residents. The main question to be answered is whether the use of robotics through a humanoid robot increases the hydration of institutionalized older people.

Participants:

• The intervention group will receive a hydration plan executed by the robot and the control group will receive the center's usual hydration plan.
• Healthcare personnel will receive reminders from the robot to record fluid intake through it. In the control group, health personnel will perform the fluid intake record in paper format and at the end of the shift, as usual.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age equal to or greater than 65 years.

No exclusion criteria have been established.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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57 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will receive a hydration plan executed by a humanoid robot. Healthcare personnel will receive reminders from the robot to record fluid intake through it.

Treatment:

Device: humanoid robot

Control group with

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will receive the center's usual hydration plan. The health personnel will make the fluid intake record in paper format and at the end of the shift, as usual.

Treatment:

Other: Usual care