NCT06115889

Smart Taiko-Drum Playing for Older Adults With Cognitive Frailty

Smart Taiko-Drum Playing for Older Adults With Cognitive Frailty for Improving Cognitive and Physical Functions: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this randomised controlled feasibility trial is to evaluate the feasibility of the Smart Taiko Drum-playing intervention embedding the cognitive-motor dual-task training concept for older adults with cognitive frailty, and identify the preliminary efficacy of the intervention on cognitive and physical functions and frailty status.

Detailed description

1. Study design: \- Randomized Control Trial 2. Participants: \- Community-dwelling older adults with cognitive frailty 3. Setting: \- Community centres for seniors 4. Intervention * Playing Smart Taiko three times/weeks x 16 weeks for 30 - 45 minutes each session * A Smart Taiko Drumming system has been developed for older adults to play the drumming game with their preferred music genres. 5. Waitlist-control group \- Will receive usual care 6. Health outcomes that will be assessed three times at baseline, during (8th week) and immediate post-intervention (16th week) * cognitive functions * physical functions * mental health * physical frailty status * body composition 7. Feasibility evaluation * recruitment * retention * satisfactory survey * compliance with the survey * safety * focus group intervention with participants

Conditions

• Cognitive Impairment
• Frailty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Smart Taiko Drumming	Participants will play drumming with the developed Smart Taiko Drumming System for 30-45 minutes three times per week for 16 weeks, in addition to usual care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2023-11-03
• Last updated: 2024-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong