NCT05779189

Effects of Game-based Virtual Reality Intervention on Senior Fitness, Fall Prevention and Balance Function Among Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness between game-based virtual reality intervention and conventional health education in improving older adults' balance knowledge, and let them know how to prevent falling. The intervention group will receive virtual reality games in person and read the health education flier, while the control group was assigned to read the health education flier and follow suit the video of balance exercise.

Detailed description

Falls can lead to disability, sickbed and even death of the elderly, and it ranks second among the top ten which causes death in Taiwan. In the past, when multifaceted exercise interventions were conducted for the elderly, most of them focused on group strength training and aerobic exercise, but lacked individualized balance training, resulting in a low degree of cooperation.

Conditions

• Balance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Game-based virtual reality (Game)	Besides reading the health education flier, they also need to trained with the game-based virtual reality in Biodex Medical Systems, which is a machine, includes 4 games: Catch Game, boating, Ball Maze, and Word Search. And all of the games are balance control games. The games were implemented in person for 30 minutes one time, total is 16 times (once to twice day a week).
BEHAVIORAL	Conventional health education	The health education flier was made refer to medical institutions, e.g., hospitals or clinics, the video of balance exercise was collected from the internet. Participants were assigned to read the health education flier, and follow suit the video of balance exercise at home of their free will.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-15
• Primary completion: 2023-01-15
• Completion: 2023-03-03
• First posted: 2023-03-22
• Last updated: 2023-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan