Research on the effects of understanding and improving loneliness and isolation through remote monitoring of health conditions and social prescriptions using wearable devices

UMIN ID: UMIN000056234

Registered date:22/11/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: healthy individuals aged 50 and older
• Date of first enrollment: 2024/11/15
• Target sample size: 1000
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Social prescriptions such as visits to cafes attached to clinics, exercise and gymnastics classes, existing hobby clubs, and skill matching, as well as advice from medical personnel to research subjects with reference to information from wearable devices
No intervention for the group of people experiencing loneliness
No intervention for the group of people without a sense of loneliness

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Association of the UCLA Loneliness Scale with biometric sensing data acquired from wearable devices.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 50years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Those who cannot participate in social prescribing activities (e.g., visits to cafes, exercise classes, existing hobby clubs, skill matching, etc.) if they are assigned to a group of social prescribing activities. Those who are deemed by the researcher to be inappropriate to participate in this study.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Tech Doctor, Inc.
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: PwC Foundation, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation