Cognitive Frailty in Older Adults: The Role of Technology in Physical Activity Enhancement
NCT ID: NCT04692974
Last Updated: 2021-04-19
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-12-15
2021-08-31
Brief Summary
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The investigators hypothesize that technology will help increase engagement in physical activity for the intervention group relative to the control group and subsequently improve cognitive and physical outcomes.
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Detailed Description
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This pilot study will be a randomized control trial with 2 treatment arms. Assessments will be done prior to and following the intervention period. During the period of intervention, the wearable will act as a tracking device and will be paired with a mobile application to issue prompts to the participant when necessary. The independent variable explored in the study is the use of the wearable while the levels of physical and cognitive improvements are the dependent measures. These will be tracked at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. Additionally, the mediating variable measured is the levels of physical activity to ensure that the proposed outcomes are affected through an increased level of physical activity encouraged by the use of the device.
If innovations like technology and the role of self-management proves efficacious, the future of healthcare in the context of a rapidly aging population will be more sustainable. Furthermore, this supporting role of technology in positive behavioral modification amongst older adults can have a multitude of applications in subsequent healthcare interventions.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
DOUBLE
The assessors will be blind to the treatment assignment of the participant when administering the questionnaires.
Study Groups
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Intervention Group
Participants in the intervention group will be given the wearables which they will use together with the accompanying mobile application for the period of the study (6 months). During the period of intervention, the wearable will track the physical activity of the older adults via the number of steps taken and number of hours of moderate physical work (based on heart rate). Heart rate and steps will be tracked whenever participants are wearing the watch, which is when they are awake. The watch is to be charged every night when they are sleeping. Participants will have to log down their physical activity by activating the physical activity tracker either on the watch or on the mobile application. If they did not hit the required level of physical activity, they will be sent a notification prompt through the mobile application with details of nearby workout locations as recommendation.
Mobile phone application and smart watch
Mobile phone application prompts
Control Group
For the control group, they will wear the wearables as a tracking device for the period of the study (6 months). No prompts will be given and the mobile application will only be installed but not used for this group.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Mobile phone application and smart watch
Mobile phone application prompts
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Has medical contraindications for exercising, including but not limited to: physical disabilities or heart conditions where the primary doctor disallows exercising at moderate intensity.
* Does not own an Android phone which can support at least a version 6.0 Operating System
60 Years
85 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Sengkang General Hospital
OTHER
National University of Singapore
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rathi Mahendran
Associate Professor, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Rathi Mahendran, MMed (Psych)
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National University of Singapore
Locations
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Hannah Senior Activity Center
Singapore, , Singapore
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Kiah Hui Siew S, Yu J, Teo TL, Chua KC, Mahendran R, Rawtaer I. Technology and physical activity for preventing cognitive and physical decline in older adults: Protocol of a pilot RCT. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 23;19(2):e0293340. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293340. eCollection 2024.
Other Identifiers
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H-20-038
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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