Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education for Older Adults

NCT ID: NCT06423040

Last Updated: 2025-03-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 104 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-08-30
• Study Completion Date: 2025-07-31

Brief Summary

In this study, a social media chatbot was used to provide a continuous and real-time multimedia health education program on physical activity for the older adults, as well as supportive messages and feedbacks, to improve physical activity and exercise self-efficacy among the older adults. This study was a cluster randomized trial, and participants were recruited from community care stations and activity centers in Taipei City. The experimental group was involved in an 8-week, 5-day-a-week intervention with a total of 40 multimedia physical activity education programs, and users were provided with real-time feedback interactions and regular physical activity education guidelines, and self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. The research instruments include basic personal information, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale, Behavioral regulation in exercise questionnaire-2, Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale, and the statistical methods will be descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, paired sample t-test, and one-way analysis of covariance.

Conditions

Exercise; Self Efficacy; Behavioral Regulation; Healthy Aging

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experiment

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education

Intervention Type: OTHER

a social media chatbot was used to provide a continuous and real-time multimedia health education program on physical activity for the older adults, as well as supportive messages and feedbacks.

Interventions

Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education

a social media chatbot was used to provide a continuous and real-time multimedia health education program on physical activity for the older adults, as well as supportive messages and feedbacks.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Persons aged 60 to 85 years old living in Taipei City, healthy or with chronic conditions

2. Those who can listen, read and write Chinese

3. Those who have used smartphones in the past month and can use Line social software

4. Those who voluntarily participate in this study, can understand the research content after explanation and explanation, and sign the subject consent form

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those who are advised by a doctor not to exercise

2. Those who must exercise under the supervision of medical personnel

3. Patients with severe cardiovascular disease

4. Anyone with disability or cognitive impairment

5. Persons living in long-term care institutions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Taipei Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Taipei Medical University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Taiwan

Central Contacts

Hsin-Yen Dr. Yen, PhD

Role: CONTACT

kenji@tmu.edu.tw

886-2736-1661 ext. 6326

Facility Contacts

Hsin-Yen Yen

Role: primary

kenji@tmu.edu.tw

886-27361661 ext. 6326

Other Identifiers

N202403043

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id