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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03857789
Other study ID # 2018-5019
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date April 30, 2019
Est. completion date February 28, 2020

Study information

Verified date February 2019
Source Radboud University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of integrated care pathway steps supported by social robots. Half of the participants will receive regular care, while for the other half a social robot dialogue will be included as part of the pathway step.


Description:

There is a worldwide increasing shortage of adequately trained healthcare personnel, leading to the challenge for society to prevent a future "lack of care". At the same time the number of people requiring healthcare is expanding rapidly, amongst others due to the growing percentage of older adults in the population. New means of supporting the available healthcare professionals are therefore urgently required.

Modern healthcare is often implemented through "integrated care pathways". Certain steps in these pathways involve dialogues with patients. Speaking social robots are increasingly being advertised as supportive for healthcare professionals and may handle certain structured dialogue types, such as questionnaires. Based on previous positive preclinical experiences with social robots interviewing community-dwelling older subjects, the researchers want to investigate the implementation of a social robot in an integrated care pathway in the outpatient clinic.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 80
Est. completion date February 28, 2020
Est. primary completion date December 24, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 70 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Suspicion of need for quality of life support

Exclusion Criteria:

- Psychiatric Disorders

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Questionnaire
A 40 question frailty questionnaire.

Locations

Country Name City State
Netherlands Radboud university medical center Nijmegen Gelderland

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Radboud University Delft University of Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Consumer Quality index (CQ-index) The CQ-index records the quality of care from a patient perspective using answers to questions like "Would you recommend this outpatient clinic to your family?", "How did you experience the communication with your caregiver?" and "Were you adequately informed?". 4 Months