SAIF is a personalised, community-based system for both assessment and intervention of frailty. It comprises of 8 modules categorised into~Interface: virtual nurse and caregiver gateway~Assessment: computerised screening using Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) and FRAIL instruments, Gamified Walking While Talking to assess frailty status and predictive analytics to predict participant's frailty risk~Intervention: Physical exercise kiosks (Cycling and Taichi) incorporated with games, polypharmacy management and nutrition recommendation~A total of 105 eligible community-dwelling older adults were recruited and randomised either to control arm or intervention arm using a single-consent Zelen's design. Allocation concealment was achieved using permutated block randomisation; both research assistant and participant were blinded to randomisation list during enrolment.~All participants completed baseline assessment and subsequent follow-up assessments (2-month, 4-month and 7-month). Additionally, participants in the intervention arm began SAIF interaction for a period of 4 months upon completion of their baseline assessment.
The study aims to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of using SAIF (an end-to-end System for Assessment and Intervention of Frailty) to reduce the risk and delay the progress of physical frailty.