Co-producing an observational measurement tool in dementia

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Co-producing an observational measurement tool for the use of Immersive Technologies for people living with dementia.

• IRAS ID

  340900

• Contact name

  DEAN MCSHANE

• Contact email

  D.A.MCSHANE@LJMU.AC.UK

• Sponsor organisation

  LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORE'S UNIVERSITY

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 7 months, 4 days

• Research summary

  This study is a PhD study divided into 2 phases that uses a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach. LJMU Ethics committee permission was given for phase one and this application is now seeking guidance and clearance permission for phase two.

  Phase 1 Co-Create an outcomes measure that can be used to ascertain wellbeing changes when people living with dementia are using immersive technology.
  Phase 2 Test the outcome measure. This REC application relates to phase 2 of the study.

  In phase one the co-creation of the Immersive Technology Observation Tool (ITOT) was drafted.
  This is a ten-point observational tool that looks at changes such as mood, wellbeing, interaction and communication. The participants of the focus groups (carers and immersive technology technicians) helped to create the tool based on aspects of other dementia-based observational tools that they had critiqued.

  In Phase 2 the tool, in its first draft (ITOT V.1) can be used following ethical approval in a cinema style immersive space (House of Memories on The Road), for the testing of this observational tool with participants of the 'House of Memories on the Road'. Following ethical approval at this phase the plan would be to make observations using the ITOT tool to gain a level of acceptability and reliability in the field. The observations would be made by two observers (main researcher and HOMOTR staff member). These observations will be made on the House of Memories on the Road sessions in various nursing/residential home grounds across the Merseyside area.
  The observations need to be made to test the measurement tools reliability. Reliability of data refers to the degree of agreement between sets of observational data collected independently from the same scene by two different observers.

• REC name

  West Midlands - Coventry & Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  24/WM/0100

• Date of REC Opinion

  20 Jun 2024

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion