Table 2 Participant feedback [N = 20]
From: Development of GERAS DANcing for Cognition and Exercise (DANCE): a feasibility study
Overall program rating (% of participants who rated the program as …) | |
- Terrible | 0% |
- Poor | 0% |
- Fair | 5% |
- Good | 5% |
- Excellent | 90% |
Enjoyment of program components (% of participants who …) | |
- Enjoyed the warm-up | 95% |
- Enjoyed dancing in a chair | 70% |
- Enjoyed the dancing standing up | 100% |
- Enjoyed the music | 100% |
- Enjoyed the instructor | 100% |
- Enjoyed the social time | 100% |
- Enjoyed the class location (local YMCA) | 95% |
- Enjoyed the class time (1–2 pm) | 100% |
- Enjoyed the class length (1 h) | 100% |
Overall perceived level of challenge (% of participants who …) | |
- Too easy | 5% |
- Just right | 95% |
- Too hard | 0% |
Program recommendation (% of participants who said …) | |
- Yes, would recommend to a friend or family member | 100% |
Reason for recommendation (% of participants who would recommend for …)a | |
- Exercise/fitness | 89% |
- Social/meet new people | 74% |
- To learn something new | 68% |
- For fun | 79% |
- Other responses included instructor, interacting with people, watching others on how they do it, others encouraging me, and laughing with friends | N/A |
Social connections (% of participants) | |
- Yes, I connected outside of classes with other participants | 53% |