Dose-response Effect of Community Dance Programme

CDP was designed based on a 12-week dance curriculum, which involves 3 separate blocks of choreography of increasing complexity and intensity. According to World Health Organization, a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise would result in improvement in physical health, therefore, the intervention arm would involve 2 sessions of CDP, 75 minutes per session each week.

CDP was designed based on a 12-week dance curriculum, which involves 3 separate blocks of choreography of increasing complexity and intensity. According to World Health Organization, a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise would result in improvement in physical health, therefore, the active control arm would only include 60 minutes of CDP (1 session) per week to assess the effect of CDP on the cognitive and physical health of older adults.