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Immersive Group Dance in Virtual Reality Improves Perceived Social Cohesion in Older Adults: A Technology-Assisted Movement Intervention - A Two-Arm, Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial With Sex-Based Comparison
Trial registry update: COMPLETED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
RCTN=180Minor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Sep 30, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 30, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- The primary outcome results are not reported in the abstract, preventing assessment of whether VR dance actually improved social cohesion compared to control
- Sex-based differences in intervention response were examined as a secondary objective but no results are presented
- Long-term durability of any effect beyond the 30-day follow-up period is not addressed
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Rct
- Sample size
- 180
- Duration
- 1 months
- Population
- Community-dwelling older adults; both men and women
- Primary outcome
- Perceived social cohesion, measured using the Perceived Cohesion Scale (PCS)
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj
- Published
- Sep 30, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
This is a two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effects of an immersive virtual reality (VR)-based group dance program on perceived social cohesion among community-dwelling older adults, compared with a dose-matched conventional light physical activity program.
A total of 180 eligible participants (men and women) will be randomized (1:1) to either the VR group dance condition or the control condition.
Both interventions are delivered three times per week for five weeks (15 sessions total).
The primary outcome is perceived social cohesion, measured using the Perceived Cohesion Scale (PCS) at baseline, post-intervention (week 5), and 30-day follow-up.
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