District Health Centre Membership Among Older Adults in Hong Kong

ConditionPrimary Health Care

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age65+

SponsorThe University of Hong Kong

About this trial

This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial study to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of intergenerational home-based and AI-generated digital interventions in improving the proportion of District Health Centre members among older adults in Hong Kong.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

65 years or older

spoke Chinese

are physically, mentally, and cognitively capable of engaging in simple physical tasks

understanding survey questions

Disqualifiers

All subjects have the right to withdraw if they wish not to continue

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

Home-based and AI-generated digital intervention
Behavioral
The home-based intervention is a 90-minute face-to-face session, during which trained student interns collect health assessment data and deliver theme-based, tailored health interventions. The digital intervention is a 1-month follow-up support involving daily messages via instant messaging apps (e.g., WhatsApp) that include health-related infographics, videos, and personalized advice.

Treatment groups

180 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Education on primary health care utilizationExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Group B: Education on general healthActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

District health centre membership

The primary outcome is the proportion of older adults who become DHC members at 3 months.

Time frame

3 months

Secondary outcomes

District health centre utilization

The proportion of older adults utilizing DHC service after 3 months

Time frame

3 months

Sponsors and contacts

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The University of Hong Kong

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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