Clinical trial NCT05267444: The Effects of a Tele-health Program
Official title: The Effects of a Tele-health Program to Facilitate the Usage of Internet of Things Among Community-dwelling Frail Older Adults: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Frailty
Old Age; Debility
Keywords: technology device
occupational therapy
young adult
frail older adults
self-care
Lead sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-04
Enrollment: 202
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Frailty is a state of being vulnerable and functional disable due to age-related decline of multiple physiological systems, and is often associated with higher risk of falls, institutionalization, hospitalization, disability, dementia, and death. One of the best strategies to combat the burden of frailty is to promote physical activity in the aging population, especially to the older adults who are already in a frail condition


Eligibility criteria: For older adults:

Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 60 or above
* having level of frailty from "managing well" to "living with severe frailty" (Clinical Frailty Scale score 3-7) -- HK-MoCA score 23 or less (add one point to people who had less than 6 year formal education and add 2 points to people who had no formal education)

Exclusion Criteria:

* currently receiving any kind of rehabilitation service
* living with another older adult who is participating in the same study.

For young adults:

Inclusion Criteria:

* aged 17 to 35
* having educational level of secondary 5 or above

Exclusion Criteria:

- having a full-time job

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change of physical activity before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The change of balance before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of cognition status before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of short-term memory before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of loneliness level before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of social isolation before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of quality of life before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of depression level before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of self-efficacy before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of social connectedness before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of attitude towards elderly before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of life satisfaction before and after the program
timeFrame: baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed
measure: The change of community involvement before and after the completion of the program
timeFrame: Six months after the completion of the program
measure: Recruitment rate after the completion of the program
timeFrame: 6 months after the completion of the program
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: Community center
Study officials:
affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
name: Arkers Wong, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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