Benefits of Digital Dance Game by Older Adults

Benefits of Digital Dance Game Participation by Older Adults on Brain Gray Matter Volume, Physical Function, Cognitive Performance, and Quality of Life: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Aged
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Dance somatosensory game

Detailed Description

This randomized controlled trial followed the CONSORT guidelines to compare the clinical efficacy of the intervention group with the control group. 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.

The primary outcome of the trial was changes of gray matter volume of the brain done by 3T brain magnetic resonance imaging during the study period. The secondary outcomes included cognitive performance, quality of life, physical activities, resilience, and demoralization. For all outcome variables, the measurements at the baseline and 6-month follow-up were examined by a random intercept and a fixed slope, and the effect of the intervention was estimated by using the Generalized Estimating Equation.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 112
    • Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 51 years to 72 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; 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; dance somatosensory game (DSG), DANZ BASE developed by International Games System Company
No Intervention: Control group; 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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in MRI study	Change in MRI study from baseline to 6 months in the intervention group.	from baseline to 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)	Cognitive function measure by MoCA , which comprise a 30-question test.Score range: 0-30, and a score of 26 and higher is considered normal.	from baseline to 6 months
EuroQol instrument (EQ-5D)	Quality of life measure by EQ-5D, which include five questions on mobility, self care, pain, usual activities, and psychological status.There are three level of the answers for each question, the maximum score of 1 refers to the best condition without problem, and higher scores refers more severe of the issue. Moreover, the visual analogue scale (VAS) which from 0-100, higher score indicating better health status.	from baseline to 6 months
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)	Physical activity measured by IPAQ, indicates that spent being physically active within the prior 7 days.There are no established thresholds for presenting MET-minutes, the IPAQ Research Committee proposes that reported as comparisons of median values and interquartile ranges for different populations.	from baseline to 6 months
Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)	Resilience measured by BRS to assess ability to bounce back or recover from stress and adversity. Score range: 6-30, and higher scores refers to higher level of resilience.	from baseline to 6 months
Demoralization Scale-Mandarin Version (DS-MV)	Demoralization measure by DS-MV, comprised 24 items and each rated on a five-point Likert scale.Score range: 0-96, and cut-off point score ≥30 was considered to identified demoralization.	from baseline to 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Yang Ming University
• Investigators: Study Director: Liang-Kung Chen, M.D., PhD, Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang-Ming University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 31, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 25, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): March 20, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 6, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 6, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 10, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: older adults; cognitive performance; Digital dance game; Brain gray matter volume
• Other Study ID Numbers: YM108123F_D

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No