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Can AI chat support help older adults with heart failure feel less socially frail?

Recruiting · Chang Gung University of Science and Technology

What this means

This study plans to compare daily AI chats, community activities, and usual care in older adults with heart failure. It has not reported results, so it cannot yet show whether the AI chats help.

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

Status
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 60 and over · 300-500 adults aged 60 or older planned; 174 in the comparison groups; not yet reported
Where
2 sites

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The science

Registered title
AI-Based Conversational Social Support for Older Adults With Heart Failure
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
interventional
Conditions
Heart Failure
What is tested
AI-Based Conversational Social Support, Community Social Participation
Sponsor
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Ages
60 Years to no maximum
Dates
First posted Oct 7, 2026 · updated Oct 16, 2026

Registry summary

This three-year study aims to investigate gender differences in social frailty and evaluate the effects of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based conversational social-support intervention among older adults with chronic heart failure (CHF).

The study plans to enroll 300-500 adults aged 60 years or older from four Chang Gung Memorial Hospital branches in Taiwan.

In the first phase, researchers will assess participants' clinical characteristics, sarcopenia, physical activity, and physical, psychological, and social frailty. The study will examine gender differences and identify factors associated with social frailty.

In the second phase, 174 participants are planned to be assigned to three groups: an AI-based conversational social-support group, a community social participation group, and a control group. The AI group will engage in daily 15-30-minute app-based conversations, while the community group will be encouraged to participate in regular social activities. The control group will maintain routine activities.

The third phase will assess longer-term changes in social frailty, emotional well-being, physical activity, and health outcomes, with follow-up assessments at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the intervention.

Sites (2)

  • New Taipei Municipal Tucheng Hospital (Built and Operated by Chang Gung Medical Foundation), New Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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