Dose-response Effect of Community Dance Programme

NCT07081191 | Recruiting DMC

• 2 other identifiers: NUS-IRB-2024-271HCSAINV24jan-0003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 284
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to examine the dose-response effect of Community Dance Programme (CDP) on the physical, cognitive and psychological health of pre-frail and mildly frail community-dwelling older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: Hypothesis 1: Two sessions of CDP per week (75 minutes each) significantly increase the physical outcomes (i.e. CFS, EFS, SPPB, grip strength) of community-dwelling older adults as compared to one session of CDP per week. Hypothesis 2: Two sessions of CDP per week significantly improve the cognitive outcomes (i.e. MoCA, SDMT) of community-dwelling older adults as compared to one session of CDP per week. Hypothesis 3: Two sessions of CDP per week significantly improve the psychosocial outcomes (i.e. WHOQOL-OLD, De Jong Giervald Loneliness Scale, GPIC scale, SHS, SSQ) of community-dwelling older adults as compared to one session of CDP per week. Intervention: The participants will be asked to attend two sessions of CDP per week for 12 weeks at their respective Active Ageing Centres (AACs). Active control: The participants will be asked to attend one session of CDP per week for 12 weeks AACs.

• The participants will be asked to go to the AACs at baseline and after 12 weeks of CDP intervention for the collection of data.
• The participants will be asked to wear fitness trackers to track their heart rates during the CDP sessions to ensure that the dance curriculum is kept within the moderate intensity.

Conditions

Dance; Older Adults; Frailty at Older Adults; Active Ageing

Keywords

dance; Older adults; Frailty

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Short Physical Performance Battery

  Evaluates the physical function. This instrument comprises physical tests of standing balance, gait speed, and chair stand. Each component (i.e., balance, gait speed, chair stand) will be scored from 0 to 4, with a score of 0 indicating inability to carry out the test and a score of 4 indicating perfect execution of the test. The total score ranges from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating higher physical performance

  From enrollment to the end of the interventional period at 12 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• Clinical Frailty Scale

  From enrollment to end of interventional period of 12 weeks

• Edmonton Frailty Scale - Acute Care

  From enrollment to end of interventional period of 12 weeks

• Screening for Oral Frailty Tool

  From enrollment to end of interventional period of 12 weeks

• MOXY (muscle oxygenation)

  From enrollment to the end of the interventional period of 12 weeks.

• Examining the rate of DNA methylation

  From enrollment to the end of the interventional period of 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention arm

EXPERIMENTAL

2 sessions per week of CDP (75 minutes per session) will be administered to the older adults at the various AACs over a period of 12 weeks. The face to face dance sessions will also be supported by dance instructional videos to help the seniors practice on their own time.

Behavioral: Dance

Active control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

1 session per week of CDP (60 minutes per session) will be administered to the older adults at the various AACs over a period of 12 weeks.

Behavioral: Active Control

Interventions

Dance BEHAVIORAL

CDP was designed based on a 12-week dance curriculum, which involves 3 separate blocks of choreography of increasing complexity and intensity. According to World Health Organization, a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise would result in improvement in physical health, therefore, the intervention arm would involve 2 sessions of CDP, 75 minutes per session each week.

Also known as: CDP

Intervention arm

Active Control BEHAVIORAL

CDP was designed based on a 12-week dance curriculum, which involves 3 separate blocks of choreography of increasing complexity and intensity. According to World Health Organization, a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise would result in improvement in physical health, therefore, the active control arm would only include 60 minutes of CDP (1 session) per week to assess the effect of CDP on the cognitive and physical health of older adults.

Active control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged 60 to 85.
• Able to understand and communicate in either English or Mandarin.
• Able to give consent to participate.
• Able to commit for three months and able to achieve at least an attendance rate of 75% for the dance program.
• Lives within the community setting.
• Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) score\>= 8
• Obtain a score of less than or equal to 7 in Edmonton Frail Scale - Acute Care or less than or equal to 5 in Clinical Frailty Scale
• Able to ambulate with minimal assistance
• Willing to avoid other physical exercise during the interventional period.
• Consent to video and photography of the dance sessions and audio recording of the FGDs.

You may not qualify if:

• Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) score of less than 8.
• A score of more than 7 on the Edmonton Frail Scale - Acute Care or a score of more than 5 on Clinical Frailty Scale
• Diagnosed with severe cognitive or psychiatric disorders.
• Have severe hearing or vision impairments
• Have medical conditions which results in limitation of dancing (e.g. walking aids, wheelchair etc.)
• Older adults with serious chronic diseases (e.g. postural hypotension etc.)
• Registered in any other dance group during the intervention period

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National University of Singapore: lead
• National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Lion Befrienders' Active Ageing Centre

Singapore, Singapore

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty

Interventions

Cytidine Diphosphate

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cytosine Nucleotides; Pyrimidine Nucleotides; Pyrimidines; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Nucleotides; Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides; Ribonucleotides

Study Officials

• Vivien Wu Xi

  National University of Singapore

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Matilda Heng Wen An

CONTACT

+65 96429745; matilda.heng@u.nus.edu

Vivien Wu Xi, PhD

CONTACT

+65 66012756; nurwux@nus.edu.sg

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER
• Masking Details: The student dance instructors will be blinded to the allocation of the AACs to either the intervention or the active control group.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor Vivien Wu Xi

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 15, 2025
• First Posted: July 23, 2025
• Study Start: May 7, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2027
• Last Updated: July 28, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)