Classical Ballet Dance as a Recreational Activity for Adults Women

Uskudar University128 enrolled

Overview

Classical ballet dance has just used therapeutically in recent years and can be a good recreational activity option at occupational therapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether participation in classical ballet dance activity for at least 3 months is associated with psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and well-being.

A total of 128 adults participated in the study, sixty-four for Ballet Group (BG) and Control Group (CG). The psychological distress of the participants were evaluated with the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS), anxiety and depression evaluated with Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and well-being and quality of life evaluated with the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5).

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

128

Conditions

Occupational Therapy

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 55 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: The ballet group's inclusion criteria * age between 18 and 65 years, * weekly attendance at ballet classes for at least 3 months The control group's inclusion criteria * age between 18 and 65 years, * did not participate in any ballet activity. Exclusion Criteria:(for both groups) * Being a professional dancer or athlete * Diagnosed with systemic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes * Diagnosed with psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety

Locations (1)

Zeynep Bahadır Ağce

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The World Health Organisation's Five Well-Being Index

The World Health Organisation's Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), which is developed by Bench et al., is a valid instrument for the psychometric evaluation of emotional well-being, and quality of life for the previous two weeks (Bech et al., 1996). This measure consists of 5-items, which respondents rated on a scale of "0- never" to "5- all the time". The WHO-5 low score "0" representing the worst possible well-being and "100" the best. The score of lower than 13 could be regarded as indicates poor quality of life.

Time frame: 5 minutes. Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.

Secondary Outcomes

The Distress Tolerance Scale

The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) is a 15- item, self-report used to assess psychological distress, which is developed by Simons and Gaher (Simons and Gaher, 2005).DTS was used as a function of the time period during which these data were collected. While the original scale has 4 factors Turkish version has 3 factors across Tolerance, Regulation, Self-Efficacy. 5-point Likert-type scale score changes between 1 strongly agree and 5 strongly disagree. The higher scores indicating higher psychological distress tolerance.

Time frame: 7 minutes.Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), which is developed by Zigmond et. all is a self-assessment tool for to use of detecting depression and anxiety (Zigmond and Snaith, 1983). HADS investigates how people have felt in the past week. It has included 14- items, which rated on a four-point scale and scored from 0-3, and two subscales, as anxiety (7 items) and depression (7 items), each part scores ranged from 0 to 21. Scores between 0 and 7 indicate normal emotional stated, and higher than 7 on the subscales of the HADS indicated anxiety and depressive disorder.

Time frame: 10 minutes. Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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