Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education for Older Adults

Exploring the Effectiveness of Applying Social Media Chatbot for Providing Real-Time Feedback on Physical Activity Education for Older Adults

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Exercise; Healthy Aging; Self Efficacy; Behavioral Regulation
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 104
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Hsin-Yen Dr. Yen, PhD; Phone Number: 6326 886-2736-1661; Email: kenji@tmu.edu.tw

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei City, Taiwan, 110
    • Recruiting
    • Taipei Medical University
    • Contact: Hsin-Yen Yen; Phone Number: 6326 886-27361661; Email: kenji@tmu.edu.tw

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Experiment	Other: Social Media Chatbot on Physical Activity Education; 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 30, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 8, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 15, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): May 21, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 5, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: N202403043

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No