Impact of a mobile health and social support intervention for elderly in India.

Virtual Baithak: Co-designing community-based mHealth platform to improve eye health literacy among elderly.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/02/049383

Enrollment

300

Registered

2023-02-01

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-02-06

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Group call and Interactive Voice Response: 100 participants will be given the modality of group call and IVR. These will be divided into 5 subgroups of 20 each. Each subgroup will parti

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants > 60 years of age. 2. Participant must have access to smart or featured phone, either personal or belonging to family members.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Participant who are not willing to give consent 2. Participant diagnosed with psychiatric illness or hearing impairment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome will be the elderlys eye health literacy at the conclusion of the intervention as determined by the endline survey and in-depth interviews after six months (24 weeks).Timepoint: Two years	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The studys secondary results include changes in behaviour regarding eye health, educating elderly about technologys advantages, and improving their social support systems and decision-making skills.Timepoint: Two years	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMona Duggal

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

monaduggal2@gmail.com9560374388

Outcome results