Benefits of Digital Dance Game by Older Adults

NCT05411042 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: YM108123F_D
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine the clinical efficacy of dancing somatosensory videogames in improving physical health, cognitive performance, happiness, laboratory biomarkers, and structural brain imaging (magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) by a randomized controlled trial design, and hopefully to expand the scope of healthy aging intervention activities with strong scientific evidence.

Conditions

Aged

Keywords

Digital dance game; older adults; Brain gray matter volume; cognitive performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in MRI study

  Change in MRI study from baseline to 6 months in the intervention group.

  from baseline to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

  from baseline to 6 months

• EuroQol instrument (EQ-5D)

  from baseline to 6 months

• International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

  from baseline to 6 months

• Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

  from baseline to 6 months

• Demoralization Scale-Mandarin Version (DS-MV)

  from baseline to 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group intervened a dance somatosensory game (DSG), DANZ BASE developed by International Games System Company, at the Xinzhuang health center, which is a local bureau with outpatient clinic. The participants in experimental group played twice a week, each time requiring at least lasting 30 minutes, for half of a year.

Device: Dance somatosensory game

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group only performed routine data collection; the research assistant asked the subjects about their usual activities by telephone every month to understand their physical activity in this half of the year.

Interventions

Dance somatosensory game DEVICE

dance somatosensory game (DSG), DANZ BASE developed by International Games System Company

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 55 Years - 76 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥ 55 years old.
• More than 6 years of formal education.
• Can communicate in Mandarin and Taiwanese.
• Can accept MRI examination without claustrophobia.
• Can understand the research process, meet the requirements of the research, and can sign the consent form and participate in the subject.

You may not qualify if:

• Have engaged in any video dancing games in the past three months.
• Engaged in video dancing games more than three times per year in the past three years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, 112, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Tung HH, Kuo CY, Lee PL, Chang CW, Chou KH, Lin CP, Chen LK. Efficacy of Digital Dance on Brain Imagery, Cognition, and Health: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Jul 30;26:e57694. doi: 10.2196/57694.

  PMID: 39078687 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Liang-Kung Chen, M.D., PhD

  Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang-Ming University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The intervention group and control group were randomly allocated (1:1) with no stratification. The intervention group received the dance somatosensory videogame (DSG) training program at the community health center, which consisted of two 30-minute sessions per week for 6 months. The control group were provided with health education for healthy aging and were followed by telephone survey for their daily activities every month during the study period.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 6, 2022
• First Posted: June 8, 2022
• Study Start: August 31, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 25, 2021
• Study Completion: March 20, 2022
• Last Updated: June 10, 2022

Record last verified: 2020-06

Locations

TW (1)