Music-visual Guided Physical Activity Promotion for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities
Intellectual Disability
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Intellectual Disability focused on measuring physical activity, residential care, information-motivation-strategy model
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chinese adults who are aged 18 years to 64 years and are diagnosed with mild or moderate ID based on the information provided by the residential care facilities;
- Able to understand basic information and instructions of the intervention and to make decisions upon their participation;
- Classified as physically inactive (i.e., <150-min moderate-intensity or 75-min vigorous-intensity PA/week);
- Currently using residential service user as stated in the Social Welfare Department of Hong Kong SAR.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently enrolled in a regular exercise program;
- Physically unable to participate in the MVgPA, such as having significant mobility problem;
- Participation to MVgPA will put them at physiological risk; or
- At risk of self-harm as determined by the staff of the residential care facilities.
Sites / Locations
- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong KongRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
MVgPA group
Control group
The MVgPA group consists of 24 sessions conducted over 12 weeks for the study participants by the staff of residential care facilities. The structured MVgPA group session (10 - 12 participants) will be conducted twice per week. The 75-min music-paced physical activities will be presented in the PowerPoint slideshow. The instructions for an upper limb exercise will be presented in a large number pad in the slideshow, and the participants will then be asked to follow the actions and directions presented on the slide.
residential care facilities will conduct their usual activities during the study period. A trained RA2 will record the activities conducted by the residential care facilities during the study period.