Clinical trial NCT07024901: The Effectiveness of The Somatic Intervention 'Dance-Walk' on Body Awareness, Vitality, and Mental Health in Adults Seeking Mental Health Support: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Official title: The Effectiveness of The Somatic Intervention 'Dance-Walk' on Body Awareness, Vitality, and Mental Health
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Psychological Distress
Stress
Depression Disorders
Anxiety
Well-being
Mental Health
Body Awareness
Vitality
Keywords: Mental Health
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Psychological Distress
Emotional Well-being
Somatic Intervention
Body-Mind Intervention
Mind-Body Practice
Embodied Practice
Body Awareness
Interoception
Vitality
Subjective Vitality
Positive Mental Health
Well-being
Adults
Help-seeking Adults
Randomized Controlled Trial
RCT
Waitlist Control
Autonomic Nervous System
Emotion Regulation
Stress Reduction
Mindfulness
Self-Awareness
Lead sponsor: Vilnius University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-17
Enrollment: 117
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a movement program called "Dance-Walk" can improve body awareness, energy levels, and mental health in adults seeking mental health support. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does Dance-Walk help people feel more connected to their bodies? Does Dance-Walk increase people's energy and vitality? Does Dance-Walk improve mental health by reducing depression, anxiety, and stress?

Researchers will compare people who do Dance-Walk right away to people who wait to do the program later to see if Dance-Walk works to improve mental health.

Participants will:

Fill out online surveys about their mood, energy levels, and body awareness at the start of the study Be randomly placed into one of two groups - one group will start Dance-Walk right away, the other will wait If in the first group, attend 4 weekly Dance-Walk sessions that combine movement, dance, and walking Fill out the same surveys again after the 4-week program If in the waiting group, get to do the Dance-Walk program after the first group finishes

Each Dance-Walk session will focus on helping people tune into their body feelings and use movement to manage emotions and stress. The program is designed to help people feel more energetic and improve their overall mental well-being.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 years or older
* Seeking to improve emotional well-being or mental health
* Able to participate in light physical activity (walking and gentle movement)
* Able to read and understand Lithuanian language
* Willing to attend 4 weekly group sessions
* Able to complete online questionnaires
* Willing to be randomly assigned to either immediate intervention or waitlist group
* Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Under 18 years of age
* Current severe mental health crisis requiring immediate professional intervention
* Physical limitations that prevent participation in walking or gentle movement activities
* Unable to commit to attending 4 weekly sessions
* Currently participating in another research study involving mental health interventions
* Unable to access internet for completing online questionnaires

Primary outcomes:
measure: Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness Scale-2 (MAIA-2) (Mehling et al., 2018)
timeFrame: Baseline to immediately post-intervention (approximately 4 weeks)
measure: Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS) (Ryan & Frederick, 1997)
timeFrame: Baseline to immediately post-intervention (approximately 4 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)
timeFrame: Baseline to immediately post-intervention (approximately 4 weeks)
measure: Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-Scale) (Lukat et al., 2016)
timeFrame: Baseline to immediately post-intervention (approximately 4 weeks)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vilnius
country: Lithuania
facility: Vilnius university
Study officials:
References:
citation: Lukat J, Margraf J, Lutz R, van der Veld WM, Becker ES. Psychometric properties of the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-scale). BMC Psychol. 2016 Feb 10;4:8. doi: 10.1186/s40359-016-0111-x.
citation: Lovibond PF, Lovibond SH. The structure of negative emotional states: comparison of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) with the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. Behav Res Ther. 1995 Mar;33(3):335-43. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(94)00075-u.
citation: Ryan RM, Frederick C. On energy, personality, and health: subjective vitality as a dynamic reflection of well-being. J Pers. 1997 Sep;65(3):529-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1997.tb00326.x.
citation: Mehling WE, Acree M, Stewart A, Silas J, Jones A. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness, Version 2 (MAIA-2). PLoS One. 2018 Dec 4;13(12):e0208034. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208034. eCollection 2018.