WithdrawnNot Applicable

Humanoid Robot vs Treatment as Usual for Loneliness

Stopped: Study withdrawn to due issues with insurance of the robot.

0Started 2022-09-01

Plain-language summary

The investigators are aiming to compare the effects of a humanoid robot intervention to treatment as usual, on loneliness and mental health outcomes in older adults living in long-term care, through an assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Who can participate

Age range60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * living in a LTC home setting in Montreal * cognitively healthy, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia (MMSE score of \>20/clinical opinion of LTC homes staff members) * able to provide consent * loneliness UCLA-3 score of ≥ 6 or more (moderate-severe loneliness). Exclusion Criteria: * do not speak English * inability to provide consent * moderate to severe dementia (MMSE score \<18/diagnosis of moderate-severe dementia/clinical opinion of LTC homes staff members) * significant hearing loss * acutely unstable medical illnesses, including delirium, acute cerebrovascular/cardiovascular events within the last 6 months; having a terminal medical diagnosis with prognosis of less than 12 months * high suicide risk (e.g. active suicidal ideation and/or current/recent intent or plan).

What they're measuring

Change in the University of California Los Angeles 3-item Loneliness Scale

Timeframe: Baseline and Week 8

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05423899

SponsorLady Davis Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-03-01

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