The "Let's Talk Tech" Tool to Support Decision Making About Technology Use
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Washington
About this trial
The goal of this research is to educate people about different technologies to support care at home when someone is experiencing memory difficulties. "Let's Talk Tech" is a new tool to educate people about technologies commonly used to support care and monitor safety, and help families talk about their feelings about them to understand each other's perspectives. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if "Let's Talk Tech" helps people feel more prepared to make decisions about technologies.
Researchers will compare Let's Talk Tech to usual care (no intervention) to see if Let's Talk Tech increases peoples' preparedness and confidence to make decisions about technologies.
Participants will:
* Use the Let's Talk Tech web application together with their study partner that takes up to an hour or do nothing. * Complete three surveys. The second survey will be taken within 2 weeks of the first and the last survey will be taken 3 months after the first.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia
age 55 or older
able to understand and speak English
be identified by the patient as their primary support person
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Let's Talk Tech
BehavioralLet's Talk Tech is a self-administered dyadic education and communication tool delivered as a web application to support shared decision making about technology use.
Treatment groups
240 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Let's Talk Tech interventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Usual careNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Preparedness to make technology decisions
Participant rates on a 5-point Likert scale \[1="Strongly agree" to 5="Strongly disagree"\] how much they agree with the statement that they feel prepared to make decisions about technology use for their study partner.
Time frame
baseline, 2-week post-test and 3 months2
Decisional Conflict Scale
The Decisional Conflict Scale is a 16-item scale with 5 response categories \[0= "Strongly agree" to 4="Strongly disagree"\]. Higher scores reflect higher decisional conflict in decision making.
Time frame
baseline, 2-week post-test and 3 months3
Technology awareness
Participant rates on a 5-point Likert scale \[1="Very aware" to 5="Very unaware"\] how aware they are about technologies available to support their partner's care and safety.
Time frame
baseline and 2-week post-test4
Technology understanding
4 items assess perceived understanding of each of 4 technologies featured in the intervention \[1="Not at all" to 5="Completely"\].
Time frame
baseline and 2-week post-testSecondary outcomes
1
Shared technology preferences
Participant answer yes or no if they have ever shared the PLWD/MCI's preferences about technologies to support their care with anyone else.
Time frame
baseline, 2-week post-test and 3 months2
Confidence preferences will be honored
Participant rates on a 5-point Likert scale \[1=Strongly agree to 5=Strongly disagree\] about their belief the PLWD/MCI's choices about these technologies will be honored.
Time frame
baseline, 2-week post-test and 3 monthsSponsors and contacts
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University of Washington
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov