Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application In Dementia

NCT04819126 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey UKırıkkale University
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

•This study was planned to investigate the effects of the Nintendo Wii virtual reality application on muscle strength and fall risk in individuals with AD. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of the virtual reality application on muscle strength and fall in individuals with Alzheimer' Dementia (AD).

Conditions

Age-Related Memory Disorders

Keywords

Alzheimer's Dementia; Muscle strength; Fall; Virtual reality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Age :mean or median age

  Age, Categorical: \>=65 years

  period of 6 weeks

• Body Mass Index

  BMI was recorded in kg/m\^2.

  period of 6 weeks

• Sex/Gender

  Sex: Female, Male

  period of 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The Mini-Mental State Test for Cognitive status

  period of 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application In Older People With Alzheimer's Dementia

EXPERIMENTAL

The study included a total of 32 volunteers between the ages of 65-80, who stayed in Karaman Ahmet Mete Nursing Home, Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center, with mild or moderate Alzheimer's dementia diagnosed by a neurologist. As a result of the power analysis, it was calculated that at least 16 individuals could be included in each group (at least 32 individuals in total). Randomization was performed by the sealed-envelope method. According to this method, 4 females and 12 males were determined to be in the control group, while 5 females and 11 males were determined to be in the training group. The evaluation was completed before the intervention. The same evaluation was conducted after 6 weeks. The training group was trained with games from different categories such as balance and aerobic exercises with a Nintendo Wii virtual reality device 2 times a week for a period of 6 weeks, with 1 session lasting for 30 minutes, and each patient was trained with the same games.

Other: Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application

Older People With Alzheimer's Dementia

NO INTERVENTION

In the control group, no application was performed during this period, and routine medical treatments were continued. The training group was evaluated before and after the training, while the control group was re-evaluated at the end of the 6th week after the first evaluation. After the study was completed, the volunteers from the control group were also given training.

Interventions

Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application OTHER

The training group was trained with games from different categories such as balance and aerobic exercises with a Nintendo Wii virtual reality device 2 times a week for a period of 6 weeks, with 1 session lasting for 30 minutes.

Nintendo Wii Virtual Reality Application In Older People With Alzheimer's Dementia

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• included volunteers between the ages of 65-80 with mild or moderate AD diagnosis,
• who did not have any difficulty or problems in communicating,
• who did not have any neurological diseases that disrupt balance and coordination such as a cerebrovascular event, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and neurological disorder,
• who obtained a score of 18 - 24 points in the Mini-Mental State Test (MMST)

You may not qualify if:

• Patients diagnosed with rapidly progressing dementia (infection, vascular, hematologic diseases),
• Those who could not be contacted during the follow-up period or who did not participate in the training session, those who experienced cardiac and cerebrovascular events, endocrine disorders, fluid-electrolyte imbalance and infection,
• Those with malignancy and those who received chemotherapy and radiotherapy that causes malignancy, delirium or depression and malignant sensory loss (those with the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament thickness of 4.56 and above),
• Those with a lower or upper extremity amputation at any level

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kırıkkale University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Karaman Ahmet Mete Nursing Home

Konya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Memory Disorders; Alzheimer Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Dementia; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Tauopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Konya Karaman Ahmet Mete Nursing Home

  Karaman Ahmet Mete Nursing Home. Konya in Turkey

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Kırıkkale University

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 10, 2021
• First Posted: March 26, 2021
• Study Start: January 15, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 6, 2018
• Study Completion: January 15, 2019
• Last Updated: March 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)