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Digital Gaming Intervention for Older People in Long-term Care

NCT06018974 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2024-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Older people in long-term care (LTC) are often less physically active than their community-dwelling peers. Low physical activity level is associated with more symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as with lower physical performance. This weakens coping with daily activities and increases the care costs. Earlier research have found that playing digital games that require physical activity affects positively functioning of older people. Playing can increase physical activity, improve balance and walking speed, lift the mood and create opportunities for social interaction. The effects of digital gaming, especially on objectively measured physical activity and social functioning, are still unclear.

The aim of this study is to evaluate effectiveness of digital gaming intervention with Yetitablet to physical, psychological and social functioning and activity of older people in long-term care environment.

This study investigates the effectiveness of the Yetitablet in improving the functioning of older people. Yetitablet is an assistive technology device developed for special groups. Yetitablet is a large interactive touchscreen tablet with 55" screen and with Android operating system and it includes numerous applications. Yetitablet has mobile stand on wheels, which allows the screen to be raised and lowered, as well as tilted as needed, all the way to a desk position. Applications can be downloaded to the device from the Google Play Store, and it also has its own game applications, such as darts, table hockey and memory game. These games can be played individually or in group. There is no previous scientific research on the effectiveness of the Yetitablet on the functioning and activity of older people in long-term care settings.

Conditions

  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Aging
  • Loneliness
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Social Isolation
  • Physical Inactivity

Interventions

DEVICE

Yetitablet gaming

Playing digital games like bowling, memory games, coordination games ect. with the Yetitablet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Satu Elo, PhD · Oulu University of Applied Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-13
Primary Completion
2024-03-11
Completion
2024-03-11

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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