The BRAIN App: Building Relationships Using Artificial Intelligence and Nostalgia

Hopeful Aging

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia, Vascular; Dementia; Dementia, Mixed

Treatments: Behavioral: The BRAIN App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05515679

1R43AG071105-01A1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will involve testing of an Alpha version of an app called "Building Relationships using Artificial Intelligence and Nostalgia" or BRAIN. The BRAIN App will be the first -ever artificial intelligence infused CST app for PWD. The app has two main goals: (1) to foster positive relationships between the care triad, and (2) to promote QoL while reducing responsive behaviors in PWD. Testing will examine the app's impact on engagement/affect for both PWD and professional Care Partners.

Full description

A quasi-experimental pretest / posttest design will be used. During a four-week baseline period, researchers will collect data on engagement, quality of life, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and quality of the care-patient relationship. Participants will then use the BRAIN app for four weeks, during which engagement data will be collect. After the intervention period, researchers will collect data again on quality of life, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and quality of the carer-patient relationship.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

PWD Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosed with dementia (any type)
• resident in ALF or NH
• 65+ years old
• read and speak English
• exhibit at least one responsive behavior on the NPI-NH or score below maximum score on the DEMQOL

PWD Exclusion Criteria:

• bed-confined
• completely unable to communicate verbally
• have serious visual or hearing impairments
• show signs of rapid decline or over the last six months

Staff and Family Member Inclusion Criteria

• 18+ years old
• speak and read English

Staff and Family Member Exclusion Criteria

-n/a

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

BRAIN Intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: The BRAIN App