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Overview: GERAS DANCE fulfills an urgent need in our community to provide tailored evidence-based programming to help improve the health of older adults and was adapted for virtual implementation. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to measure the feasibility of virtual GERAS DANCE in older adults to inform a large full-scale study.
Dancing at home to stay fit during COVID-19
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05202522 |
| Study Type: | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Participants (N): | 46 |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
| Primary Purpose: | New models of care, Prevention |
| Intervention Description: | GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise (DANCE), a community-based rehabilitation program for older adults with cognitive decline and/or mobility impairments, has been adapted for virtual delivery through videoconferencing systems. Participants will receive twice-weekly (one hour per session) virtual dance sessions for a total of 6 weeks. |
| Primary Outcome | Feasibility Outcomes (Recruitment, Retention, Data Collection) |
