Development of Pressure Sensor Based Dementia and Fall Prevention Program for Older Adults
Development of the Flexible and Printed Electronic Device for Dementia and Fall Prevention of Older Adults
Sunmi Song
205 participants
Jan 15, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this intervention program is to test the effectiveness of pressure sensor based dementia and fall prevention program for improving cognitive and physical functions of community dwelling older adults. The main purposes of this study are: 1. Develop a pressure sensor based exercise mat and linked software programs to be used for group training sessions for cognitive and balance training of older adults at a community senior center. 2. Evaluate efficacy of the program to improve cognitive and physical functions of older adults via a pilot study and a main study with randomized control trial design. Older adults will be asked to participate in a group training session that was lead by a fitness coach using a pressure sensor mat, a standing monitor, and a linked software programs. They will be asked to stand on the mat, which is set in front of a monitor to show positions of the mat where they place their foots. The monitor screen will guide them to conduct either a balancing exercise for fall prevention or a cognitive exercise such as memory game or quiz game for dementia prevention. Researchers will compare age and gender matched control group in a main study to see if cognitive and balancing functions of intervention group is better than the control group by conducting pre and post surveys and physical examinations. A pilot study will examine pre-post changes in the intervention group without the control group.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Older adults in the community who are 65 years old or older.
Exclusion Criteria3
- Older adults who cannot walk independently with assisting devices or use wheelchair.
- Older adults who are diagnosed with dementia, or other neurological/mental disorders that may limit their cognitive ability to participate in the study.
- Older adults who cannot speak or read Korean.
Interventions
The fall and dementia prevention exercise is designed as a combination of balancing and cognitive exercise and games that is conducted as a group activity. The session will be provided three times per week for six weeks for a pilot test and three times per week for 12 weeks for a main comparison study. The fall prevention exercise involves the pressure mat based balancing exercise such as side stepping, heel or toe standing, and quarter squat. The safety bar will be placed around the mat, so that older adults with instability can hold while they follow the movements. The cognitive exercise will concise of multiple types of cognitive tasks to train memory, numeric processing, spatial perception, and logical thinking. For example, memory task such as memorizing the series of positions on the screen and use the mat to point the positions in the right order. At the end, older adults play games in which they use balancing movements and cognitive tasks to gain scores for their team.
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NCT06664229