TY - JOUR
T1 - The My Active and Healthy Aging ICT platform prevents quality of life decline in older adults
T2 - a randomised controlled study
AU - Rainero, Innocenzo
AU - Summers, Mathew J
AU - Monter, Michaela
AU - Bazzani, Marco
AU - Giannouli, Eleftheria
AU - Aumayr, Georg
AU - Burin, Dalila
AU - Provero, Paolo
AU - Vercelli, Alessandro E
AU - My-AHA Consortium
N1 - © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Introduction: Prevention of frailty is paramount in older adults. We evaluated the efficacy of a tailored multidomain intervention, monitored with the My Active and Healthy Aging platform, in reducing conversion from a prefrail status to overt frailty and preventing decline in quality of life. Methods: We performed a multicentre, multicultural, randomised control study. The effects of multidomain interventions on frailty parameters, quality of life, physical, cognitive, psychosocial function, nutrition and sleep were evaluated in a group of 101 prefrail older subjects and compared with 100 prefrail controls, receiving general health advice. Results: At the 12-month assessment, controls showed a decline in quality of life that was absent in the active group. In addition, active participants showed an increase in mood and nutrition function. No effect on remaining parameter was observed. Discussion: Our study supports the use of personalised multidomain intervention, monitored with an information and communication technology platform, in preventing quality of life decline in older adults.
AB - Introduction: Prevention of frailty is paramount in older adults. We evaluated the efficacy of a tailored multidomain intervention, monitored with the My Active and Healthy Aging platform, in reducing conversion from a prefrail status to overt frailty and preventing decline in quality of life. Methods: We performed a multicentre, multicultural, randomised control study. The effects of multidomain interventions on frailty parameters, quality of life, physical, cognitive, psychosocial function, nutrition and sleep were evaluated in a group of 101 prefrail older subjects and compared with 100 prefrail controls, receiving general health advice. Results: At the 12-month assessment, controls showed a decline in quality of life that was absent in the active group. In addition, active participants showed an increase in mood and nutrition function. No effect on remaining parameter was observed. Discussion: Our study supports the use of personalised multidomain intervention, monitored with an information and communication technology platform, in preventing quality of life decline in older adults.
KW - Frailty
KW - ICT platform
KW - Older people
KW - Prefrail subjects
KW - Quality of life
KW - RCT
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/20e07860-5bb7-30f9-ac3d-c7113048122e/
U2 - 10.1093/ageing/afaa290
DO - 10.1093/ageing/afaa290
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 33480986
SN - 1468-2834
VL - 50
SP - 1261
EP - 1267
JO - Age and ageing
JF - Age and ageing
IS - 4
ER -