ArticleNutrients2024
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Efficacy of a Mobile Health Application for Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Frailty and Pre-Frailty: A Pilot Study.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Physical and Psychological Effects of Smartphone App-Based Walking Interventions in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Systematic Review and Behavior Change Technique-Informed Analysis.JMIR human factors · 2026Pooled it
- Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for fall prevention among older adults in low-middle income countries: bibliometrics, network analysis and integrative review.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Outdoor Exercise Facility-Based Integrative Mobile Health Intervention to Support Physical Activity, Mental Well-Being, and Exercise Self-Efficacy Among Older Adults With Prefrailty and Frailty in Hong Kong: Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- mHealth for Oral Care in Aging: A Narrative Review of Mobile Applications for Older Adults and Caregivers.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Impacts of an app-assisted comprehensive oral frailty prevention program on oral frailty and care dependency risk in community-dwelling older adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Navigating Aging with Technology: A Scoping Review of Digital Interventions Addressing Intrinsic Capacity Decline in Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Development of a Hospital-at-Home Digital Twin for Patients With Frailty: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Health Promotion and Digital Tools: Analysis of Consumer Demands.Yonago acta medica · 2025Article
- A randomized controlled trial of mobile intervention using health support bubbles to prevent social frailty.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Unsupervised Frailty Intervention by Digitalized Exercise Coaching: A Feasibility Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Social frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Smartphone applications aimed at enhancing physical, cognitive, and social activities through mobile health (mHealth) technology are of increasing interest. Their feasibility and acceptability, alongside impacts on frailty phenotype scores and step counts among older adults with frailty, remain to be fully validated. This study presents a 13-week preliminary intervention trial assessing an mHealth app's feasibility in a cohort of 34 eligible older adults, including 5 frail and 29 pre-frail participants. The intervention entailed a 6-week course on app usage, followed by 7 weeks of observation, with four participants withdrawing early. Feasibility was determined by login and active use rates, with a target login rate of 60% or higher. Post-intervention, 100% session attendance and a median login rate of 88.4% were observed. Acceptability was high, with 73% affirming the app's health benefits. Notably, frailty scores and step counts improved post-intervention, underscoring the app's potential for supporting older adults with frailty.
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