The Effects of a Tele-health Program

NCT05267444 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: P0036805
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 202
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Conditions

Frailty; Old Age; Debility

Keywords

technology device; occupational therapy; young adult; frail older adults; self-care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The change of physical activity before and after the program

  Physical activities of the older adults will be measured by the Chinese version of the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly. The PASE-C is a 12-items scale estimating the frequency and intensity of older adults' lifestyle physical activities with three types of physical activities (leisure-time activity: 5 items; household activity: 6 items; work-related activity: 1 item) during the previous 7-day period. The total score is computed by the multiplication on the time spent (recorded as never, seldom: 1-2 days per week, sometimes: 3-4 days per week, and often: 5-7 days per week) or participation (yes/no) on each activity by items weights, and summarize all the items. Higher scores mean higher frequency and intensity of physical activities.

  baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• The change of balance before and after the program

  baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed

• The change of cognition status before and after the program

  baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed

• The change of short-term memory before and after the program

  baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed

• The change of loneliness level before and after the program

  baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed

• The change of social isolation before and after the program

  baseline pre-intervention, 4.5 months when the program is completed

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Individualized motion-based interactive game program

Procedure: Individualized motion-based interactive game program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group participants will receive usual care, that is, service that provided by community elderly center

Interventions

Individualized motion-based interactive game program PROCEDURE

The participants will receive a 12-session, 4.5 months home visit service that is provided by the young adults, and supervised by an occupational therapist. Young adults will follow the individualized exercise plan with the older adults, facilitate their use of interactive games, provide psychological and technological support to help older adults cope with their fear of using technologies to perform physical activity.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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)

You may not qualify if:

• currently receiving any kind of rehabilitation service
• living with another older adult who is participating in the same study.
• For young adults:
• aged 17 to 35
• having educational level of secondary 5 or above
• \- having a full-time job

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Community center

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Arkers Wong, Ph.D.

  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2022
• First Posted: March 4, 2022
• Study Start: June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: November 11, 2023
• Study Completion: November 11, 2023
• Last Updated: February 28, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)