Music and Movement for Health: a feasibility trial of a music and dance programme for the health and wellbeing of community-based older adults

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Completed

Conditions: Health and wellbeing of older adults
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Registration Number: ISRCTN35313497

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Limerick

Brief Summary: 2022 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13535.1 (added 20/10/2022) 2024 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2024.105371 (added 18/06/2024)

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Community-dwelling older adults 65 years of age and older
2. Ability to walk 3 metres with or without an assistive device
3. Have a basic level of English literacy or an identified person who can translate English to their first language
4. Ability to hear and follow instructions

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants will be excluded if they subjectively report health problems that contraindicate their participation in exercise or do not satisfy the requirements of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ)
2. Participants will also be excluded if they have had an acute stroke or have an unstable neurological, cardiac or respiratory condition (or are on oxygen therapy)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Recruitment rates assessed by reporting the number of participants recruited per cluster per month<br>2. Retention assessed as the proportion of individuals who after enrolment completed the baseline and follow-up assessments. The researchers will calculate the minimum outcome assessment target, which is set at a retention rate of at least 80% of recruited participants with valid baseline and 12-week primary outcome data<br>3. Attendance at supervised sessions recorded as the percentage of participants that attend the supervised sessions. The minimum average attendance target will be set as 65%<br>4. Participation in the home music and dance programme recorded by self-report diary collected each week during the 12-week intervention<br>5. Safety assessed through self-report of direct or unrelated adverse events (e.g., falls or pain during the programme period). A weekly falls log will be completed

Secondary Outcome Measures