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Integrated Web-Based Customer Engagement, Physical Exercise, and Coaching Platform for Older Adults

NCT03644745 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2018-08-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The fast-growing older population coupled with the worsening shortage of caregivers and nurses will soon present our nation with severe societal and economic challenges. Older adults often struggle to maintain quality of life and independence in the presence of chronic diseases and isolation. Physical exercise and socialization have been shown to reduce chronic disease, depression, falls and to improve quality of life in older adults. Motivation and feedback are essential to continued engagement in a wellness program, but doing so through the traditional manner of in-person coaching can be prohibitively expensive. Vigorous Mind (VM) has been providing a web-based platform to promote sustained engagement in older adults primarily in senior living facilities. The platform provides dynamic and tailored content including reminiscence activities, favorite music and video, adaptive computer games and communication. With the help of the Consortium on Technology for Proactive Care, the investigators will enhance the current VM system with an additional interactive physical exercise module and a health coach with automated tailored messaging and incentives for continued engagement and adherence. This will optimize the VM system for home-based deployment, thus expanding the reach and impact of VM to potentially delay or even prevent institutionalization among older adults living independently.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VM @ Home Usability

Our primary outcome measures will be use of the coaching system features, level of daily physical activity, mood, self-efficacy, and user satisfaction. Secondary outcomes that will inform our further development and be important outcomes in subsequent trials include user adherence to their coaching goals, physical function and level of socialization. For the pilot study, we plan to assess physical function and level of socialization at baseline and at the end of 3 months. For the other outcome measures, we will be able to integrate the data collection into the VM@Home platform and coaching process.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northeastern University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Holly B Jimison, PhD · Northeastern University

  • Yuval Malinsky · Vigorous Mind, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2019-09-01
Completion
2019-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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