Technology Empowerment Program on Mobile Applications usage for senior citizens on selected Activities of Daily Living
Phase 2
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/09/027977
- Lead Sponsor
- Raghavendra G
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
a) Members of the following senior citizen welfare organizations which cover six talukas of Udupi district and Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India
i) Udupi Hiriya Nagarikara Samste, Udupi
ii) Hiriya Nagarikara Vedike, Kundapur
iii) Senior Citizen Associations, Karkala
iv) Mangaluru Senior Citizens Association, Mangalore
b) Smartphone users having own or using family member smartphone
c) Those who can read/write English
Exclusion Criteria
a) Those who are unable to operate smartphones
b) Not willing to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method With respect to mobile applications usage among senior citizens for iADLs <br/ ><br>i) Measurement of awareness and usage levels <br/ ><br>ii) Influence of motivational factors and barriers on usage behaviour <br/ ><br>iii) Designing and testing of the Gerontechnology Empowerment Program (GEP) to improve the iADLs performance improvement, which leads to the wellbeing of senior citizens <br/ ><br>iv) Development of iADLs mobile application for regular updatesTimepoint: Three years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of awareness and usage levels of mobile applications usage among senior citizens for iADLsTimepoint: One and half year