Souvik Manna, Varsha Gupta, Saras Sanchaya, Aseem Garg
Inequities in maternal child health, education, and empowerment among tribal population in India
Journal of family medicine and primary care
aim study report trial protocol assessing improvement older adults wellbeing promoting active healthy aging reducing risks social exclusion using virtual coach increased longevity brings reduced autonomy independence therefore necessary act preventive measures promote active healthy aging development technology new tools appeared including virtual coaches enable people lead healthy lifestyle identifying individual needs goals providing personalized recommendations advice however important coaches take consideration interindividual crosscultural differences person randomized controlled trial proposed study recruit 240 healthy subjects aged 65 years older participants assigned experimental group receive evita system control group receive information booklet primary outcome measure persons quality life qol data collected baseline 3 months trial end trial 6 months study evaluate effectiveness evita system consisting virtual coach several sensors monitoring smartphone use home booklet improving older persons quality life increased perceived wellbeing also linked improvements areas persons life psychological cognitive status area sociality nutrition ehealth literacy