Mechanistic Study of the "Let's Talk Tech" Dyadic Behavioral Intervention to Support Decision Making About Technology Use
University of Washington
Summary
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.
Description
The goal of this research is to help families understand digital health technology options to support dementia care at home so they can negotiate immediate decisions and future use in an informed way. This is a mechanism-focused trial of Let's Talk Tech (LTT), a single-use, self-administered intervention in the form of a web application. It targets education and interpersonal communication processes to enable informed decision making and planning for technology use that relieves care partners of the burden of making decisions without awareness of the person's preferences. Participants are peop…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria for Patients: * have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia * age 55 or older * able to understand and speak English Inclusion Criteria for Co-participants: * be identified by the patient as their primary support person * age 18 or older * able to understand and speak English * able to complete LTT together with their study partner at the same time Exclusion Criteria: * None
Interventions
- BehavioralLet's Talk Tech
Let'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.
Location
- University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington