Elderly, Physical Inactivity
Conditions
Keywords
Connective Active Program
Brief summary
This study investigates how walking exercises and technology could enhance the quality of life in the older generation. It has three objectives: 1) To examine the effectiveness of the Connect Active Program (CAP) in improving intergenerational relationships, psychological well-being, and physical fitness for older adults; 2) To teach older adults to use mobile apps; 3) To examine the experiences and feedback from participants in using the apps and joining the CAP. This research will provide long-term insights into improving the overall health outcomes of older adults via intergenerational support and increasing the acceptance of mobile technology among older adults.
Interventions
OTHERConnect Active Program
Younger adults will help older adults increase their digital literacy, skills, and desire to exercise and become more physically active via the proposed intervention. The Connect Active Program will consist of two components: walking exercises and mobile apps.
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Younger Adults/Participants: * Aged 18 to 30 * Related to the older adult participant (i.e. family member, relatives) * Able to understand Cantonese * Own a smartphone and have access to the Internet * Able to take part in walking exercise and stretching program * Older Adults/Participants: * Aged 60 or above * Able to understand Cantonese * Own a smartphone and have access to the Internet * Capable to participate in walking exercise and stretching program
Exclusion criteria
* Older Adults/Participants and Younger Adults/Participants: * Diagnosed with a mental disorder by neurologists or psychiatrists * With a history of drug addiction
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aerobic Capacity and Endurance Evaluation with 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) | Baseline, Week 6 | It is initially created to assist in the examination of cardiopulmonary patients developed by the American Thoracic Society. It is a light-intensity exercise test to evaluate the aerobic capacity, endurance and oxygen saturation. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of Life Measurement | Baseline, Week 6 | Quality of life will be evaluated utilizing the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). It contains four realms: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. A 5-point response scale is used in the scale. WHOQOL-BREF has good validity and reliability. |
| Happiness Level Determination | Baseline, Week 6 | A 29-item measure of happiness; from 1 strongly agree, to 6, strongly disagree. The scale's reliability was 0.91. |
| Mobility and Balance Assessment with Time Up and Go Test | Baseline, Week 6 | To assess mobility, movement, static balance and dynamic in people with musculoskeletal impairments, conditions related to aging, quality of life, and pain. The instructions are given as standing up from a chair, walking 3 meters, turning, and back to sit. |
| Subjective Quality Assessment of Mobile Apps | Baseline, Week 6 | The 4-item subjective quality subscale of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) will be deployed to assess the overall quality of mobile apps involved in this study. MARS incorporates four objective quality subscales (engagement, functionality, aesthetics, and information quality) and one subjective quality subscale. Since a lengthy questionnaire would be complicated for the older participants to complete, we will only adopt the subjective quality subscale. All four items are assessed on a 5-point scale. The subjective quality subscale showed excellent internal consistency (alpha = 0.93) and interrater reliability intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC = 0.83). Higher scores indicate a higher level of subjective quality. |
| Participant Feedback Collection | Baseline, Week 6 | Semi-structured interview for older and younger participants: Individual interviews will be carried out by the Research Assistant upon completion of the CAP (post-test). They will be asked to comment on the perceived benefits, limitations and barriers in the program and the mobile apps, usefulness of the mobile apps, and recommendations for improving the CAP to meet their needs. Details of the questionnaire. |
| Intergenerational Relationship Appraisal | Baseline, Week 6 | The intergenerational relationship quality scale (IRQS) to appraise the changes in intergenerational relationships, this questionnaire will allow the older participants to self-rate the relationship between the two generations. A 5-point response scale is applied in the scale. |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed