TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy of Dance Intervention for Improving Frailty Among Chinese Older Adults Living in the Community
T2 - A Randomized Controlled Trial
AU - Zhang, Xiaohong
AU - van der Schans, Cees Peter
AU - Liu, Yanhui
AU - Krijnen, Wilhelmus Petrus
AU - Hobbelen, Johannes Simon Maria
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank all of the older adults of the community who agreed to participate in this study. Informed consents were obtained from all participants included in our study. We conducted dance intervention among older adults in a community. The trial was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a randomized controlled trial of dance interventions to be conducted and registered at Chinese Trials Registry (ChiCTR2100044354). This research was funded by the Humanities and Social Science Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (No. 18YJAZH060).
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PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - Although dance interventions may have lots of advantages in improving frailty, there are few papers focusing on the effects such interventions have on frail older adults living in the community setting. This study investigates whether a dance intervention can improve the level of frailty among Chinese older adults living in the community setting. The dance intervention was done five times a week for 16 weeks. Participants in the control group maintained their normal daily activities. Assessments were conducted at baseline, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks. Mixed models were used to test for the effects on frailty, depression, short physical performance battery, and grip strength between the groups over time. The level of frailty (p < .05) and depression (p < .001) decreased, and short physical performance battery (p < .001) increased over time in the dance group compared with the control group. A dance intervention lasting 16 weeks showed improved frailty, depression, and physical performance among Chinese older adults living in the community setting.
AB - Although dance interventions may have lots of advantages in improving frailty, there are few papers focusing on the effects such interventions have on frail older adults living in the community setting. This study investigates whether a dance intervention can improve the level of frailty among Chinese older adults living in the community setting. The dance intervention was done five times a week for 16 weeks. Participants in the control group maintained their normal daily activities. Assessments were conducted at baseline, 8 weeks, and 16 weeks. Mixed models were used to test for the effects on frailty, depression, short physical performance battery, and grip strength between the groups over time. The level of frailty (p < .05) and depression (p < .001) decreased, and short physical performance battery (p < .001) increased over time in the dance group compared with the control group. A dance intervention lasting 16 weeks showed improved frailty, depression, and physical performance among Chinese older adults living in the community setting.
KW - balance
KW - depression
KW - exercise
KW - grip strength
KW - walking speed
U2 - 10.1123/japa.2021-0500
DO - 10.1123/japa.2021-0500
M3 - Article
C2 - 36931324
AN - SCOPUS:85171600747
SN - 1063-8652
VL - 31
SP - 806
EP - 814
JO - JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
JF - JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
IS - 5
ER -