NCT05971420

Virtual Reality Activity-based Training for Preventing Falls for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Virtual Reality Activity-based Training for Preventing Falls Among Community-dwelling Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Queensland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Using a Virtual Reality (VR) games-based application is as an innovative falls prevention technology in an aged care service. The VR intervention has promising effects on improving the physical and balance performances in the older adults.The study explored and evaluated the effects of VR activity-based training on falls prevention among community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

Detailed description

A pilot randomized control trial study was applied to compare the effects on falls prevention between participants who experienced a full-immersive VR training and group-based exercise (Baduanjin) training. Eighteen participants were recruited from ausing convenience sampling and were randomly assigned into the VR group and the exercise group (non-VR). The participants in both wo groups' participants attended 16 falls prevention training sessions over eight weeks. Eligible participants identified with a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment and early dementia undertook three measurements, pretest (T1), post-test (T2) and follow up (T3). The primary outcomes assessed included changes in physical risks factor of falls, and the secondary outcomes assessed included changes in cognition and fall efficacy.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Fall Prevention
• Virtual Reality
• Exercise Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VR activity-based	VR games activities were chosen for simulated cognitive-motor training in the VR group. The VR training modules for this study included fire drill, walking exercise, balancing game activities and community shopping practices. These training modules involved dual task components; the participant was expected to train up his/her physical and cognitive motor performances in an 8-week VR activity-based program. VR group participants received 2-sessions per week, 16 training sessions in total.
OTHER	Exercise-based (Baduanjin)	The exercise group used a traditional Chinese Qigong Baduanjin exercise incorporating with a fall prevention education strategy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-07-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-30
• Completion: 2022-01-15
• First posted: 2023-08-02
• Last updated: 2023-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong