Evaluation of Supporting Tools for Health Coaches Providing Nutrition and Exercise Coaching to Older Adults in Singapore

Yuanyuan Cao; Sowmiya Meena Siva Subramanian; Mojisola Erdt; Mohamed Riaz Mohideen Tawood Mohamed Abdul; Jina Yi; Yin Leng Theng

Evaluation of Supporting Tools for Health Coaches Providing Nutrition and Exercise Coaching to Older Adults in Singapore

Yuanyuan Cao, Sowmiya Meena Siva Subramanian, Mojisola Erdt, Mohamed Riaz Mohideen Tawood Mohamed Abdul, Jina Yi, Yin Leng Theng

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Abstract

A rapidly ageing population and multimorbidity are questioning the sustainability of healthcare systems in Singapore, whereby health coaches, who help older adults build and sustain a healthy lifestyle, have become increasingly popular in recent years. Health coaches however face multiple challenges due to caregiver burden. In this study, we designed and evaluated web and mobile applications (“apps”) to support health coaches with scheduling, managing reports, and providing access to resources related to nutrition and exercise for older adults. We examined the acceptance and usability of the apps with health coaches after they completed 8 weekly online health coaching sessions. We found desirable functions included consideration of ethnic diversity in the context of a multi-culture society, potential of providing just-in-time information when they face problems during coaching, and helpful materials and links for health coaches to refer to.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023
Editors	Tung X. Bui
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	2921-2930
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780998133164
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: Jan 3 2023 → Jan 6 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume	2023-January
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

Conference

Conference	56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	1/3/23 → 1/6/23

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Engineering

Keywords

health coaches
healthy lifestyle
Mobile apps
nutrition and exercise
user acceptance test

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Cao, Y., Subramanian, S. M. S., Erdt, M., Abdul, M. R. M. T. M., Yi, J., & Theng, Y. L. (2023). Evaluation of Supporting Tools for Health Coaches Providing Nutrition and Exercise Coaching to Older Adults in Singapore. In T. X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023 (pp. 2921-2930). (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2023-January). IEEE Computer Society.

Cao, Yuanyuan ; Subramanian, Sowmiya Meena Siva ; Erdt, Mojisola et al. / Evaluation of Supporting Tools for Health Coaches Providing Nutrition and Exercise Coaching to Older Adults in Singapore. Proceedings of the 56th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023. editor / Tung X. Bui. IEEE Computer Society, 2023. pp. 2921-2930 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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Evaluation of Supporting Tools for Health Coaches Providing Nutrition and Exercise Coaching to Older Adults in Singapore

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