Overview
This project aims to examine the effects of a six-month VA exercise program incorporate the SPOZ technology in improving the disease dysfunction and functional fitness deterioration of older adults with dementia in adult daycare centers.
Description
A cluster-randomized controlled trial will be conducted to examine the effects of a six-month VA exercise program incorporate the SPOZ technology in improving the disease dysfunction, functional fitness deterioration (balance, lower muscle endurance, gait speed, handgrip strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle endurance, agility, body flexibility), activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and sleep quality of older adults with dementia in adult daycare centers. Using convenience sampling, 10 adult daycare centers with 122 older adults will be recruited, and then cluster-randomized by the daycare centers to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group will receive a 40-minute program 3 times a week for 6 months; the control group will maintain their routine activities. The two groups will be measured at three time points: before the intervention, and at three months and six months of the intervention.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosed as dementia by a physician, or
- screened by the SPMSQ as dementia
- age 65 and older
Exclusion Criteria:
- have severe cardiopulmonary disease
- have physical mobility impairment
- have spinal cord injury