Smart Care Services for Integrated Care in Busan Metropolitan City

Effect of Information and Communication Technology-based Smart Care Services for Physical and Cognitive Functions in Older Adults Living Alone - ICT-based Smart Care for Older adults Living Alone

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000054918

Enrollment

200

Registered

2024-07-09

Start date

2023-07-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Older adults living alone in Busan Metropolitan City

Interventions

Intervention: ICT-based smart care services with personalized exercise video application Control: Regular telephone consultations to monitor health status

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 65-99 years 2. Residents of Busan 3. Living alone in their own house 4. Eligible for long-term care insurance benefits

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-residents of Busan 2. Severe dementia, cancer (unhealed or within 5 years of recovery with high risk of recurrence or metastasis) 3. Full-body paralysis (unable to move without assistance) 4. Mental illnesses (diagnosed depression, schizophrenia, etc.) that prevent use or management of smart care devices 5. Inability to communicate or participate in health-related surveys 6. Unwillingness to provide data for tests or surveys

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Comparison of Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) scores between the smart composite exercise intervention group (experimental group) and the non-intervention group (control group). 2. Comparison of Digit Span Test Forward (DST-F) and Backward (DST-B) scores between the experimental and control groups. 3. Comparison of Korean mini-mental state examination (K-MMSE) scores between the experimental and control groups. 4. Changes in SPPB scores before and after the intervention in the experimental group.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Comparison of Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) scores between the smart composite exercise intervention group (experimental group) and the non-intervention group (control group). 2. Comparison of Digit Span Test Forward (DST-F) and Backward (DST-B) scores between the experimental and control groups. 3. Comparison of Korean mini-mental state examination (K-MMSE) scores between the experimental and control groups. 4. Changes in SPPB scores before and after the intervention in the experimental group.

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Countries

Asia(except Japan)

Contacts

Public ContactTing-Fu Lai

Pusan National University Hospital Health Convergence Medicine Laboratory, Biomedical Research Institute

tingfu@pnuh.co.kr82-51-240-7071

Outcome results

None listed

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