Adherence and Health Effects of Video Dance in Postmenopausal Women

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post Menopausal

Treatments: Behavioral: videodance; Behavioral: delayed entry control; Behavioral: Brisk Walking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01443455

PRO08080012

T32AG021885 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

P30AG024827 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a 6 month randomized clinical trial comparing video dance, brisk walking and delayed entry controls. The interventions have two phases; a 12 week initiation phase with substantial structure and supervision, followed by a 12 week transition phase, with reduced structure and supervision. Participants are 168 overweight or obese, sedentary postmenopausal women aged 50 to 65; 60 in each exercise arm and 48 in the wait list control group.

The following research questions will be assessed:

1. Is exercise adherence at 6 months better with video dance games compared to brisk walking?
2. Does video dance game exercise compared to wait list controls, induce beneficial changes in physical and mental health?
3. Does video dance game exercise compared to brisk walking better promote balance, attention and visual spatial skills, without loss of benefit to cardiovascular fitness?
4. Is video dance preferred to brisk walking for exercise among postmenopausal women? If so, who and why?

Enrollment: 168 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be female
• age 50-65
• not currently exercising at least 20 minutes
• three times per week
• a BMI of 25 or higher

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusions are largely related to medical safety and include history of osteoporosis, osteoporotic fractures, active cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled hypertension, weight bearing pain that would limit exercise, seizure disorder or any medical condition or medication that would limit the safety of the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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168 participants in 3 patient groups

VideoDance

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: videodance

Brisk Walking

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brisk Walking

Delayed entry control

Other group

Description:

Participants who are randomized to the delayed entry non-exercise control group receive the American Heart Association pamphlet, but no direct support for exercise implementation. After they have completed six months of follow up, they are invited to select any combination of dancing and walking that they prefer and then receive support and instruction according to the protocols described above.

Treatment:

Behavioral: delayed entry control