The Effects of VR Interactive Games on Balance and Quality of Life Enhancement for Elderly in the Community

NCT06539065 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: N202210004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 63
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effectiveness of the incorporating VR interactive games into exercise courses of the elderly in the community.The main questions It aims to answer are: can It improve their balance ability and the quality of life. Participants will receive a Twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription, While the control group will follow the original iInstructor-led exercise intervention as the course content.

Conditions

Virtual Reality

Keywords

VR; Balance; Quality of life

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Balance ability

  The scores of five physical assessments

  Physical assessment done 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after 12 weeks courses

• Life quality

  The score of questionnaire done by all participants

  Questionnaire done 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after 12 weeks courses

Study Arms (2)

VR group

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group received a twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription

Device: VR interactive games

Non-VR group

NO INTERVENTION

control group followed the original instructor-led exercise intervention as the course content.

Interventions

VR interactive games DEVICE

The experimental group received a twelve-week intervention of 36 sessions using VR interactive games in their exercise prescription,

VR group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 65 or above
• Capable of communicating in Mandarin or Taiwanese, and willing to participate in interviews or complete questionnaires
• Free of mobility impairments

You may not qualify if:

• Stroke with sequelae of mobility impairments
• Parkinson's disease
• Motor neurone disease
• Severe Cardio-vascular disease
• Degenerative joint disease with flare-ups in past three months
• With a lower limb joint surgery in past 3 months
• Vertigo

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taipei Medical University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Taipei medical University

Taipei, Taiwan

Location

Study Officials

• Chueh-Ho Lin, PhD

  Taipei Medical University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 29, 2023
• First Posted: August 6, 2024
• Study Start: February 13, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 5, 2023
• Study Completion: June 15, 2023
• Last Updated: August 6, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: the datasets generated in this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
• Access Criteria: no criteria

Locations

TW (1)