Intergenerational mHealth Diabetes Program OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM IN TAIWAN

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT02971241
• Date of registration: 19/11/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University of Southern California
• Public title: Intergenerational mHealth Diabetes Program OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM IN TAIWAN IMTOP
• Scientific title: Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program (IMTOP) in Taiwan
• Date of first enrolment: October 2015
• Target sample size: 617
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02971241
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Taiwan

Contacts

• Name: Shinyi Wu, PhD
• Affiliation: University of Southern California

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Older adult subjects inclusion criteria are:

- current Taipei or Hualien Tzu Chi patients

- aged equal to or greater than 55 years

- having a current diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus with duration of diagnosis at
least 6 months

- having the ability of reading Chinese newspaper

- normal eye-hand coordination

- being able to regularly attend the IMTOP training course

- understanding Mandarin (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).

- having a working telephone at home or a cellular phone.

Younger adult subjects inclusion criteria are:

- age between 18 and 30

- having basic levels of verbal, interpersonal communication, and computer skills and
commitment in voluntary works for approximately 50 hours during the period of
intervention.

Exclusion Criteria:

Older adult subjects exclusion criteria are:

- a score of 2 or greater on the CAGE 4M alcohol assessment;

- having schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, manic-depressive, or needing lithium;

- cognitive impairment precluding ability to give informed consent or participating in
the intervention, i.e., SPMSQ score of 4 or more errors.

Younger adult subjects exclusion criteria are:

- age less than 18 or above 30

- being unfamiliar with computer

- being unable to commit 50 hours during the period of intervention



Age minimum: 55 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program

Primary Outcome(s)

Patient survey [Time Frame: One year]

Young students survey [Time Frame: Four month]

Secondary ID(s)

UP-15-00270

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Taipei Fubon Bank Charity Foundation

Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital

Hualien Tzu Chi General Hospital