Delivery of Home-Based Exercise Interventions in Older Adults Facilitated by Amazon Alexa: A 12-week Feasibility Trial Jansons, Paul, Dalla Via, J, Daly, Robin, Fyfe, Jackson, Gvozdenko, E and Scott, David 2021, Delivery of Home-Based Exercise Interventions in Older Adults Facilitated by Amazon Alexa: A 12-week Feasibility Trial, Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, doi: 10.1007/s12603-021-1717-0. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Delivery of Home-Based Exercise Interventions in Older Adults Facilitated by Amazon Alexa: A 12-week Feasibility Trial Author(s) Jansons, Paul orcid.org/0000-0002-8766-0516 Dalla Via, J Daly, Robin orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-1598 Fyfe, Jackson orcid.org/0000-0002-9541-2336 Gvozdenko, E Scott, David orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-1972 Journal name Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging Publisher p Publication date 2021-01-01 ISSN 1279-7707 1760-4788 Summary Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of using voice-controlled intelligent personal assistants (VIPAs) to remotely deliver and monitor an individually-tailored, home-based exercise program to older adults living independently and alone. Design: 12-week, prospective single-arm feasibility study. Setting: Community residences. Participants: 15 adults aged 60 to 89 years living alone. Intervention: All participants were prescribed home-based muscle strengthening, weight-bearing impact and balance exercises, increasing from two to four 10-minute sessions per day over 12 weeks. Sessions were delivered using VIPAs (Amazon Alexa Echo Show 5; “Alexa”) and a novel software program (“Buddy Link”). The program was individualized by an exercise physiologist based on participant voice responses to Alexa questions. Measurements: Study outcomes were feasibility (rate of retention, adherence, and adverse events), usability (System Usability Scale) and changes to quality of life (European Quality of Life Scale), and lower-extremity function (30 second sit-to-stand test). Results: All 15 participants (mean age, 70.3 years) completed the study (retention 100%). Mean adherence to the exercise program was 115% (i.e., collectively all participants were prescribed 8640 exercises but completed 9944 exercises) with no adverse events reported to be related to the intervention and usability scored as above average (75/100). Other outcomes did not significantly change across the 12-week follow-up (all P>0.05). Conclusions: In this feasibility study of community-dwelling older adults living alone, a home-based exercise program delivered and monitored remotely by an exercise physiologist using VIPAs was safe and feasible. DOI 10.1007/s12603-021-1717-0 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1103 Clinical Sciences 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30161252 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 12 Jan 2022, 07:14:44 EST Wed, 12 Jan 2022, 14:17:29 EST Tue, 18 Jan 2022, 16:40:33 EST Sat, 29 Jan 2022, 01:31:24 EST Fri, 25 Feb 2022, 20:36:13 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2022, 06:24:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 8 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 12 Jan 2022, 07:14:44 EST