Lee Hocheol, Koh Sang Baek, Jo Heui Sug, Lee Tae Ho, Nam Hae Kweun, Zhao Bo, Lim Subeen, Lim Joo Aeh, Lee Ho Hee, Hwang Yu Seong, Kim Dong Hyun
Department of Health Administration, Software Digital Healthcare Convergence College, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
Yonsei Global Health Center, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 May 24;12:e46371. doi: 10.2196/46371.
The UK National Health Service (NHS) has introduced a digital social prescribing (DSP) system to improve the mental health of the aging population. In Korea, an ongoing pilot social prescribing project has been implemented for older individuals in rural areas since 2019.
This research aims to develop a DSP program and to evaluate the effectiveness of the digital platform in rural areas of Korea.
This study was designed as a prospective cohort method for the development and effectiveness evaluation of rural DSP in Korea. The study divided participants into four groups. Group 1 will continuously implement the existing social prescribing program, group 2 implemented the existing social prescribing program but was switched to DSP in 2023, group 3 newly started the DSP, and the remaining group is the control. The research area of this study is Gangwon Province in Korea. The study is being conducted in Wonju, Chuncheon, and Gangneung. This study will use indicators to measure depression, anxiety, loneliness, cognitive function, and digital literacy. In the future, the interventions will implement the digital platform and the Music Story Telling program. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of DSP using difference-in-differences regression and cost-benefit analysis.
This study was approved for funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education in October 2022. The results of the data analysis are expected to be available in September 2023.
The platform will be spread to rural areas in Korea and will serve as the foundation for effectively managing the feelings of solitude and depression among older individuals. This study will provide vital evidence for disseminating DSP in Asian countries such as Japan, China, Singapore, and Taiwan as well as for studying DSP in Korea.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/46371.
英国国民健康服务体系（NHS）引入了数字社会处方（DSP）系统，以改善老年人群的心理健康。在韩国，自2019年以来一直在农村地区针对老年人开展一项试点社会处方项目。
本研究旨在开发一个DSP项目，并评估该数字平台在韩国农村地区的有效性。
本研究设计为前瞻性队列研究方法，用于韩国农村DSP的开发和有效性评估。该研究将参与者分为四组。第一组将继续实施现有的社会处方项目，第二组实施现有的社会处方项目，但在2023年切换为DSP，第三组新启动DSP，其余组为对照组。本研究的研究区域是韩国江原道。研究在原州、春川和江陵进行。本研究将使用指标来衡量抑郁、焦虑、孤独感、认知功能和数字素养。未来，干预措施将实施数字平台和音乐故事讲述项目。本研究将使用双重差分回归和成本效益分析来评估DSP的有效性。
本研究于2022年10月获得由韩国教育部资助的韩国国家研究基金会的资金批准。数据分析结果预计将于2023年9月可得。
该平台将推广至韩国农村地区，并将成为有效管理老年人孤独感和抑郁情绪的基础。本研究将为在日本、中国、新加坡和台湾等亚洲国家传播DSP以及在韩国研究DSP提供重要证据。
国际注册报告识别号（IRRID）：PRR1-10.2196/46371。
