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Can a phone app help frailty and aging-related illness in South Korea?

Recruiting · Seong Hye Choi, MD

What this means

This trial is testing whether a phone app can guide exercise, brain training, and food advice for people with frailty. It is still recruiting, and no results have been posted yet, so it cannot show whether the app helps.

Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.

Status
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 60–90
Where
3 sites

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The science

Registered title
South Korean Study to Prevent Frailty and Aging-related Diseases Through Lifestyle Intervention
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
interventional
Conditions
Frailty
What is tested
Lifestyle Management
Sponsor
Seong Hye Choi, MD
Ages
60 Years to 90 Years
Dates
First posted Mar 24, 2025 · updated Nov 20, 2025

Registry summary

The goal of this feasibility randomized controlled trial is to investigate the applicability of software that aims to improve symptoms of frailty by implementing customized interventions such as physical exercise and cognitive training implemented through a mobile app for 16 weeks for patients diagnosed with frailty or prefrailty. The primary outcomes are adherence, retention rates, and recruitment rates. Participants will participate in customized interventions including physical exercise, cognitive training, nutritional guidance, and management of disease related to frailty for 16 weeks.

Sites (3)

  • Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea
  • Ewha Womans University Seoul hospital, Seoul, South Korea
  • Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea
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