N/A
N=19
Affordable Mobile Robots for the Elderly
Aging
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02807506 ↗Enrolled (actual)
19
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Mar 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Usability Scale for Deployment 1 — 78.13; 77.08 score on a scale
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Mobile Service Robot (Device); Survey (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Primary completion
- Jun 2021
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Usability Scale for Deployment 1 |
78.13; 77.08 | — |
| PRIMARY Usability Scale for Deployment 2 |
6.266 | — |
| PRIMARY Sociability Scale for Deployment 1 |
59.38; 82.29 | — |
| PRIMARY Sociability Scale for Deployment 2 |
6.882 | — |
| PRIMARY Acceptability Scale for Deployment 1 |
76.56; 82.29 | — |
| PRIMARY Acceptability Scale for Deployment 2 |
6.608 | — |
Summary
This project develops and tests the use of service robots to track health of the elderly over time. The objectives are to develop a low-cost mobile manipulator capable of a limited set of elder- relevant manipulation tasks (e.g. picking up dropped items). The investigators will visualize and model the use of the service robot during deployments at an elder care facility. Feedback from focus groups with elders and clinicians will inform the necessary engineering innovation.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Elders, age 55 and older,who are members of Living Independently For Elders (LIFE) run by the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing and their caregivers.
- Elders at Kearsley or Mercy Douglas who are 62 years and older, in imminent risk of a nursing home placement, attends LIFE center daily (day program), able to have activities of daily living (ADL) needs met by caregivers, able to pay required rent for apartment, and able to function safely in community with other elders.
- Savioke may conduct additional focus groups at The Forum at Rancho San Antonio a Continuing Care Retirement Community located in Silicon Valley.
- Clinicians will be recruited from the clinical staff working at LIFE, Kearsley, and Mercy Douglas which consists of primary care physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, licensed social workers, and physical and occupational therapists.
- Caregivers will be recruited from the clinical staff working at LIFE, Kearsley, and Mercy Douglas which consists of certified nursing assistants (CNAs).
Exclusion Criteria
- Unable to cognitively give consent
- Unable to understand the study or refuse to comply with procedures
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02807506). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.