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Cost-utility Analysis of the Use of the Paro Robotic Seal by Elderly Patients With Moderate or Severe Cognitive Disorders in Institutions: a Randomised Study.
NCT04941222 · Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee · Updated 23 Sept 2025
- What is being tested
- With robotic seal "PARO"
- For
- Cognitive Impairment
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 70 years and older. About 33 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- France
- When
- Starts or started 29 July 2021, ends 5 April 2023. Registered 28 June 2021.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
Many residents from establishments for dependent elderly people (EHPAD) have memory disorders with behavioural problems such as agitation, aggression and anxiety, which make it difficult to assist them on a daily basis. Studies have proven the beneficial effect of the therapeutic seal robot PARO® in behavioural disorders. The present project aims to complement these data with a medico-economic study. At present, the only study of this type has been carried out in Australia, and is not transposable to France.
Sites
- CHD VendeeLa Roche-sur-Yon, France