Alpena Otago Telehealth Program (Alpena)

Outcomes of Alpena Otago Telehealth Program

This project is to analyze the outcomes of the Alpena Otago Telehealth Program. The Alpena Senior Citizens Center is implementing the Otago program, an evidence-based, 6-month, home exercise program using live video chats in combination with an online exercise app, Blue Marble. We will recruit seniors who are participants of the Alpena Otago Telehealth Program to allow the study team to analyze their outcomes. The goal of the study is to examine the feasibility and efficacy of a 6-month, home-based, Otago Telehealth program for seniors in Alpena.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Exercise; Telemedicine; Geriatrics
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Alpena Otago Telehealth Program

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 23

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Michigan
    • Flint, Michigan, United States, 48502
      • University of Michigan-Flint

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The participants are residents living in the Alpena county and are representative of the demographics in a rural community in Michigan.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• participating in Alpena Otago telehealth program
• age >= 60 years
• ability to use a tablet
• ability to walk at home with or without a cane or walker
• ability to exercise like moving arms or legs while standing
• ability to communicate in English and follow instructions
• ability to provide the consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• advanced neurologic condition
• severe visual impairments
• falls due to syncope or dizziness

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Retention rate	Number of participants completing the program	6 months
Fall Risk Questionnaire (FRQ)	The Fall Risk Questionnaire (FRQ) is a self-reported questionnaire with 12 questions for fall risk factors. Each question is rated 0 for NO (negative) and 1 for YES (positive) for fall risk factor. The sum of scores from all questions is the test score. A FRQ score >=4 indicates increased fall risk. Higher scores correspond to higher fall risk.	6 months
Activities-specific Balance Scale (ABC)	The Activities-specific Balance Scale (ABC) is a self-reported questionnaire of balance confidence during daily activities with 16 items. Each item is rated from 0% (NO confidence) to 100% (Completely confident) on maintaining balance for a daily task. The average of scores from all items is the test score. An ABC score <=67% indicates increased fall risk. Lower scores correspond to high worse balance confidence and higher fall risk.	6 months
PROMIS Global Health Scale v1.2 (PROMIS)	The PROMIS Global Health Scale v1.2 (PROMIS) is a self-reported questionnaire for health-related quality of life in physical and mental health domains.	6 months
Exercise adherence	Number of exercise trials completed by each participant	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
30-Second Chair Stand Test (30CST)	The 30-Second Chair Stand Test (30CST) measures functional lower extremity strength.	6 months
Timed Up and Go (TUG)	The Timed Up and Go (TUG) measures the time it takes a person to rise up form a chair, walk 10 feet at a normal pace, turn around and sit back down in the chair with or without a mobility device. The test measures mobility.	6 months
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)	The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is a questionnaire of difficulty in activities of daily living. Participants are asked to identify daily activities, work, or leisure activities which they want to do, need to do, or are expected to do on a typical day.	6 months
Program acceptance	Program acceptance is a semi-structured questionnaire about the participant's satisfaction and acceptance of program. The participants rate their opinions about the expectation, easy of use, perceived benefits and effectiveness of the exercise program on a scale of 1 to 4 (1 = "Strongly disagree", 2 = "Disagree", 3 = "Agree", 4= "Strongly Agree"). There are two open-questions about the frequency of exercise per week and suggestions for program improvement.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Michigan
• Collaborators: Alpena Senior Citizens Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): February 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 4, 2021
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 4, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 4, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 4, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): December 11, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): January 6, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 5, 2022
• Last Verified: January 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 00184786

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No