Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04384978
Socially Assistive Robots for Interaction With Older Adults With Dementia
Development of Serious Games and Physical Activities Instructed by a Social Robot for Improving the Well-being of Elderly Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 22 (actual)
- Sponsor
- DreamFace Technologies, LLC · Industry
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A 12-month pilot study will be comprised of two groups of people diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease and related dementia for a total of 80 senior subjects. Subjects will be randomly assigned to two groups: Group 1 users will play games with and administered by Ryan, 2-3 times a week and 30-minutes per day. Group 2 (Active Control Group) will play solitary games and activities but will have to interaction with Ryan. The team will measure the changes and improvement in the social/emotional well-being of these two groups and eventual changes in the cognitive/memory functions of elderly people living in the similar environment.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Play Serious Games with a Social Robot (Ryan) | Active Group: Game play and physical activities with Ryan, a socially assistive robot developed at DreamFace Technologies,LLC. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Play Solitary Games Without a Social Robot | Control Group: Group 2 will play solitary games (e.g., word puzzles) and activities but will have no interaction with Ryan. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-01-12
- Primary completion
- 2022-03-06
- Completion
- 2022-04-15
- First posted
- 2020-05-12
- Last updated
- 2024-07-23
- Results posted
- 2024-07-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04384978. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.