Feasibility of A Smartphone Application Intervention in Community Settings: A Pretest-Posttest Pilot Study
Who can join
Ages 50 to 100 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Individuals aged 50+ who has a primary source of assistance (no age limitation for the caregiver) 2. Both care recipient and caregiver can participate in the study for six weeks in total, 3. Both care recipient and caregiver can read, listen, write, and speak English 4. Both care recipient and caregiver have a personal smartphone. Exclusion Criteria: 1. People who are diagnosed with any middle to severe cognitive symptoms (dementia or Alzheimer's Disease) or any psychiatric disease (depression, bipolar, PTSD, Schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, eating disorders) 2. People who are at hospice care 3. People who plan to move out of the current area in one year, and (4) people younger than 50 (but no age limitation for caregivers)
About the study
The objective of this project is to test the feasibility of using a smartphone app in a community setting through collaborating with community-based organizations. The app is called utmbHealthyBrain and it has three activities: (1) drawing, (2) Tai-Chi and meditation, and (3) prayer reading. It also has a "share" function to enable users to interact with their family and friend. These activities can be translated to humans' well-beings such as a more stable emotion, more muscle movement, and better social engagement. This app does not collect any personal data and users are not required to register an account either. The overall study period is 6 weeks including one introduction session (week 1), four weeks of intervention (week 2 to 5), and final feedback session (week 6).
What is being tested
- utmbHealthyBrain Smartphone App (behavioral)
Sponsor: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston · Participants: 40 · Started: Oct 22, 2026
Contact the study team
- Wei-Chen Lee, PhD · Phone: 409-747-2649
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07313540
Locations in the U.S.
| Texas | University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Galveston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Nov 15, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.