Effectiveness of Mobile Health on Frailty, Muscle Strength and Health Literacy of the Elderly

Landseed Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elderly; Telemedicine; Health Literacy

Treatments: Combination Product: mobile health combined Multi-course Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05483478

21-018-A2

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 84 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ability to act independently.
• Conscious and articulate.
• Those who can communicate in Mandarin or Taiwanese.
• Smartphones and Internet access available.
• "LINE" mobile communication software can be used.

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive Impaired Persons.
• mentally illness.
• Those with musculoskeletal injuries of the upper and lower limbs.
• Patients with a history of serious heart and lung diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

mobile health combined Multi-course Program

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group received the combination of mobile health and multi-course intervention. In the pre-test, the experimental group joined the LINE group by scanning the QR code. The LINE messages were nutrition and exercise content, as well as exercise videos. One message each for nutrition and exercise was sent every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for a total of 12 weeks. The multi-course includes exercise and nutrition, 1 time per week, 2 hours each time, a total of 12 times, and each unit is 50 minutes long. The three measurement time points of the tracking effect 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.

Treatment:

Combination Product: mobile health combined Multi-course Program

Multi-course Program

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group received multi-course includes exercise and nutrition, 1 time per week, 2 hours each time, a total of 12 times, and each unit is 50 minutes long. The three measurement time points of the tracking effect 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.

Treatment:

Combination Product: mobile health combined Multi-course Program