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Development of an Application to improve health in the elderly

Development and Validation of a Multidisciplinary Mobile Application to promote health habits in the elderly

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-6wgkzs8
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-03-08
Start date
2023-02-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Diabetes mellitus

Interventions

This is a research of technological production, for the development of a mobile application, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, with a longitudinal and experimental design. It is a two-arm,
N04.761

Sponsors

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
Lead Sponsor
Escola de Educação Física e Esporte de Ribeirão Preto
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: People with an age equal to or greater than 60 years who have a cellular device that can support the use of the application and its resources

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having limitations to carry out the assessments included in the project, such as visual and auditory limitations and severe cognitive impairments; The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) instrument, developed by Folstein et al (1975), will be used, which allows the assessment of cognitive function and the tracking of dementia conditions. cognitive performance or application design

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Manage to develop an application that promotes, through gamification, health habits (physical activity, food, sleep and mental health) in the elderly, and apply validation methods for effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction through the system usability scale (SUS) questionnaires , suitability assessment of materials (SAM), and content validity index (CVI). With results for a superior and qualified material for use—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Analyze the applicability of the application and verify the effects of the application in changes in behavior and health parameters. It is expected that a trace of two healthy habits will be found during the 14 weeks of intervention. There will be fair evaluations before and after intervention with an application to analyze or increase these habits, and to improve some health parameters, such as blood glucose, blood pressure, weight, BMI, and health knowledge. Data collected one week before the intervention and two weeks after the intervention—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactAndressa;Grace Angélica Sobrinho;Gomes

Escola de Educação Física e Esporte de Ribeirão Preto ;Escola de Educação Física e Esporte de Ribeirão Preto

andressa.sobrinho@usp.br;grace@ufscar.br+55 (16) 98815 - 5152; +55 (16) 3306 - 6665

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 3, 2026