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The effects of promoting interaction with separated families by using remote photo and video sharing devices on psychological and social functions in middle-aged and older adults: a feasibility study by before-after comparison

The effects of promoting interaction with separated families by using remote photo and video sharing devices on psychological and social functions in middle-aged and older adults: a feasibility study by before-after comparison - The effects of remote photo and video sharing on psychological and social functions

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000041213
Enrollment
200
Registered
2020-07-27
Start date
2020-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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Conditions

Middle-aged and older people

Interventions

Sharing and viewing photos and videos (at least once a week for 12 weeks)

Sponsors

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Lead Sponsor
Chikaku Corporation
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Persons who applied to participate in the study during the study perod

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Regarding the target person (middle-aged and older people), persons under 50 years of age, persons who cannot install a device due to a lack of a TV at home or other reasons, and for whom intervention testing is difficult Regarding the subject's family members living separately, persons who have difficulty in intervention tests because they cannot share photographs or videos with the subject due to the lack of a smart-phone or other reasons, persons who have difficulty in sharing photographs or videos with the subject at least once a week

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Dropout rate of subjects during the intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Satisfaction and burden of device usage, compliance rate of the intervention, depressive symptoms, loneliness, relationships with families living together, frequency of conversations with separated families and friends, frequency of device usage, and expressions about device usage

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTaiji Noguchi

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology Department of Social Science, Center for Gerontology and Social Science

noguchi@ncgg.go.jp0562-46-2311

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026