Effectiveness of Mobile Health on Frailty, Muscle Strength and Health Literacy of the Elderly
Condition: Telemedicine; Elderly; Health Literacy
MeSH terms: Frailty
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This study explores the effect of mobile health combined with multi-course intervention on
      frailty, muscle strength, health literacy and nutrition knowledge among the elderly in the
      community. A longitudinal, repeated test quasi-experimental design was adopted to convenient
      sampling. Four community care bases in northern Taiwan were selected, and 2 experimental
      groups and 2 control groups were assigned by computer lottery to participate in the study. 60
      in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. The experimental group received the
      combination of mobile health and multi-course intervention, and the control group only
      received the intervention of multi-course. The three measurement time points of the tracking
      effect of the two groups were: before intervention, after 4-times interventions, and after
      12-times interventions. The following data were collected in the two groups: frailty
      assessment, grip strength, lower limb muscle strength, health literacy scale and nutrition
      knowledge scale. Statistical data were analyzed by SPSS26.0 software. Descriptive statistics
      include: percentage, mean, standard deviation; inferential statistics include: independent
      sample t test, chi-square test, generalized estimation model.
    

Detailed description: 
      The current preventive and delayed disability care programs have problems such as uneven
      quality, number of participants, and lack of funds. During the COVID-19 epidemic, isolation
      measures have affected the preventive care of the elderly. More appropriate and innovative
      service programs should be adopted to expand Promote the prevention and delay of disability
      care services for the elderly in the community, so that the elderly can actively participate
      in their own health promotion work, reduce the occurrence of disability, shorten the number
      of years of disability, and enjoy a high-quality elderly life.

      This study explores the effect of mobile health combined with multi-course intervention on
      frailty, muscle strength, health literacy and nutrition knowledge among the elderly in the
      community. A longitudinal, repeated test quasi-experimental design was adopted to convenient
      sampling. Four community care bases in northern Taiwan were selected, and 2 experimental
      groups and 2 control groups were assigned by computer lottery to participate in the study. 60
      in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. The experimental group received the
      combination of mobile health and multi-course intervention, and the control group only
      received the intervention of multi-course. The three measurement time points of the tracking
      effect of the two groups were: before intervention, after 4-times interventions, and after
      12-times interventions. The following data were collected in the two groups: frailty
      assessment, grip strength, lower limb muscle strength, health literacy scale and nutrition
      knowledge scale. Statistical data were analyzed by SPSS26.0 software includes: percentage,
      mean, standard deviation; independent sample t test, chi-square test, generalized estimation
      model.
    

Intervention name(s): mobile health combined Multi-course Program
Intervention type(s): Combination Product
Intervention description(s): mobile health combined Multi-course Program
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: mobile health; frailty; health literacy; muscle strength