Dose-response Effect of Community Dance Programme

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dance

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.

BEHAVIORAL

Active Control

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• National University of Singapore

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Vivien Wu Xi · National University of Singapore

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

60 Years

Max Age

85 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-05-07

Primary Completion

2026-12-31

Completion

2027-08-31

Countries

• Singapore

Study Locations