23. TIDieR ‐ Torkamani 2014.
Study | Torkamani 2014 | ||
TIDieR item | Experimental intervention | Control intervention | |
BRIEF NAME | ALADDIN. | The participants in the control group were only assessed at the study three time points, without any further contact or intervention. | |
WHY | No described. | No applicable. | |
WHAT materials | Internet contents. | No applicable. | |
PROCEDURES | ALADDIN is a computerized platform designed to offer avenues of support and information to the carer. It also manages and communicates information related to the patient with dementia and their carers from their home to the clinicians, facilitating distant monitoring. ALADDIN has four key features: · ‘ALADDIN TV’ provides information and educational material about dementia, as well as musical entertainment and relaxation and exercise techniques · The ‘SOCIAL NETWORKING’ feature provides a forum for carers using ALADDIN to communicate with each other · ‘MY TASKS’ is the distant monitoring feature of ALADDIN, where carers complete questionnaires about their own and their relatives’ health. Their responses can subsequently generate clinical alerts based on set parameters, comparing new responses to previous data, resulting in the immediate detection of change by the clinicians monitoring the system · The ‘CONTACT US’ feature allows the carer to alert the clinical site and/or generate a request for contact |
No applicable. | |
WHO provided | Internet intervention. | No applicable. | |
HOW delivered | Online. | No applicable. | |
WHERE occurred | At home. | ||
WHEN and HOW MUCH | The project ran for 6 months. | ||
TAILORING | Intervention was comprehensively designed, not tailored to cover individual or unmeet needs. However, being the primary users of ALADDIN, the caregivers chose the schedule of their tasks. | No applicable. | |
MODIFICATIONS | None described. | No applicable. | |
HOW WELL planned | The system was monitored twice daily by the clinical teams. | No applicable. | |
HOW WELL actual | No described. | No applicable. |