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Voice Technology-Based Self-Management Intervention

NCT06982261 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-07-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to test a new technology-based program designed to help improve the ability to manage chronic conditions.

This program includes daily smart speaker use for managing different tasks and technology learning.

Proper self-management of chronic conditions is critical to the maintenance of health. Digital technologies offer substantial potential to enhance self-management behaviors. Voice-operated smart speakers hold promise due to their ability to provide functional, cognitive, and social stimulation, send targeted reminders, and assist with daily schedules. Unfortunately, many older adults who live in low-income communities lack the resources and proficiency to take advantage of these options. Additionally, cognitive impairment is prevalent in independent living older adults, more prevalent in low-income older adults.

The goal is to address these critical challenges by identifying smart speaker-based functions preferred by older adults, exploring their technology challenges, introducing them to these functions, and providing necessary technology training to improve self-efficacy in managing chronic conditions and enhance their engagement in self-management behaviors.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Voice-activated smart speakers

Participants will attend a single 90 to 120-minute in-person baseline visit to complete standardized questionnaires and review a list of smart speaker-based tasks. They will select three tasks; all will receive an Echo Show and a Fitbit Versa. Additional digital health devices (e.g., blood pressure monitor, in-home motion sensors) will be provided based on their selections. Participants will learn to interact with Alexa, followed by a second home visit one week later for task-specific setup and device installation. The team will conduct weekly or bi-weekly check-in calls for two months, with additional home visits as needed. At two months, a home visit will include questionnaires and a 30-60 minute interview on intervention feasibility. Participants will then use the devices independently for one month, with a final home visit at three months for questionnaires and a closing interview.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Davis

    collaborator OTHER

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jane Chung, PhD, RN · Emory University - Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-15
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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