What this means
This is a plan to test wearable devices and a phone app with older adults. It has not reported any results yet, so it cannot show whether the tools help.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 60 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Digital Technology for Active and Healthy Ageing in Taiwan
- Trial ID
- NCT07232667 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- observational
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Digital Health Literacy
- What is tested
- Geneactiv, iMED Mobile Health Platform, iCue, Aging Well Taiwan, Blood Biomarker Sampling
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
- Ages
- 60 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Nov 18, 2025 · updated May 18, 2026
Registry summary
Taiwan is entering a super-aged society in 2025, with more than 20% of the population aged 65 years or older. This rapid demographic shift, combined with increasing rates of chronic diseases, frailty, and dementia, has created growing challenges for healthcare and caregiving systems. Yunlin County, particularly its coastal region, has been one of Taiwan's earliest super-aged areas, showing higher rates of diabetes (10.5%), hypertension (28%), hyperlipidemia (26%), dementia (8%), and depression (12%) compared with national averages. Lifestyle factors such as tobacco (30%), betel nut (8%), and alcohol (15%) use are also more prevalent among local residents.
From 2022 to 2024, health screenings at CMU Beigang Hospital revealed a 36.1% abnormality rate among 12,222 visits, while another 5,965 assessments from the county's ICOPE program showed similarly high rates. Many older adults, particularly retired agricultural and fishing workers, experience sedentary lifestyles and polypharmacy-related risks, which worsen frailty, insomnia, depression, and cognitive decline. Low general and digital health literacy further limits their ability to adopt preventive behaviors, forming a vicious cycle between poor health and aging.
To address these challenges, the Ministry of Health and Welfare launched the "Healthy Taiwan Cultivation Plan." In alignment with this initiative, this project-led by CMU Beigang Hospital in collaboration with the National Health Research Institutes-aims to develop a wearable- and mobile-based health promotion model for rural older adults. The study will integrate research-grade actigraphy (Geneactiv), a mobile health platform ("iMED"), and the in-bed sensor iCue to monitor behavior, promote active aging, and enhance health and digital literacy. Ultimately, this project seeks to establish Taiwan's first integrated digital aging database and identify digital biomarkers for predicting cognitive and functional decline in older adults.
Sites (1)
- China Medical University Beigang Hospital, London, Alabama, United Kingdom