Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education for Older Adults

Exercise Clinical Trial

Official title:

Exploring the Effectiveness of Applying Social Media Chatbot for Providing Real-Time Feedback on Physical Activity Education for Older Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06423040
• Other study ID #: N202403043
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2024
• Est. completion date: June 2025

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Taipei Medical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: June 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise
• Healthy Aging
• Self Efficacy

Intervention

Other:
• 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taipei Medical University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity	International Physical Activity Questionnaire	up to 8 weeks
Primary	Self-Efficacy	Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale	up to 8 weeks
Primary	Behavioral regulation	Behavioral regulation in exercise questionnaire-2	up to 8 weeks
Primary	Benefits/Barriers	Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale	up to 8 weeks