Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education for Older Adults

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Exercise; Behavioral Regulation; Healthy Aging; Self Efficacy
• Interventions: Other: Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education

• Registration Number: NCT06423040
• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Medical University

Brief Summary

In this study, a social media chatbot was used to provide a continuous and real-time multimedia health education program on physical activity for the older adults, as well as supportive messages and feedbacks, to improve physical activity and exercise self-efficacy among the older adults. This study was a cluster randomized trial, and participants were recruited from community care stations and activity centers in Taipei City. The experimental group was involved in an 8-week, 5-day-a-week intervention with a total of 40 multimedia physical activity education programs, and users were provided with real-time feedback interactions and regular physical activity education guidelines, and self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. The research instruments include basic personal information, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale, Behavioral regulation in exercise questionnaire-2, Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale, and the statistical methods will be descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, paired sample t-test, and one-way analysis of covariance.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-05-15
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-21
• Study Start: 2024-08-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-05
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-07
• Study Completion: 2025-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

1. Persons aged 60 to 85 years old living in Taipei City, healthy or with chronic conditions
2. Those who can listen, read and write Chinese
3. Those who have used smartphones in the past month and can use Line social software
4. Those who voluntarily participate in this study, can understand the research content after explanation and explanation, and sign the subject consent form

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those who are advised by a doctor not to exercise
2. Those who must exercise under the supervision of medical personnel
3. Patients with severe cardiovascular disease
4. Anyone with disability or cognitive impairment
5. Persons living in long-term care institutions

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experiment	Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-Efficacy	up to 8 weeks	Exercise Self-Efficacy Scale
Physical activity	up to 8 weeks	International Physical Activity Questionnaire
Behavioral regulation	up to 8 weeks	Behavioral regulation in exercise questionnaire-2
Benefits/Barriers	up to 8 weeks	Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taipei Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taipei City, Taiwan