Clinical trial NCT04776200: Classical Ballet Dance as a Recreational Activity for Adults Women
Official title: Mental Health Status of Women Who Attending Classical Ballet Dance
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Occupational Therapy
Keywords: Dancing
occupational therapy
mental health
adults
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-03-01
Enrollment: 128
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed description: 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).

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: The World Health Organisation's Five Well-Being Index
timeFrame: 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:
measure: The Distress Tolerance Scale
timeFrame: 7 minutes.Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.
measure: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
timeFrame: 10 minutes. Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Zeynep Bahadır Ağce
Study officials:
affiliation: occupational therapy
name: ZEYNEP BAHADIR AGCE, PHD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: da Costa ALB. (2012) Circle dance, occupational therapy and wellbeing: the need for research. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 75: 114-116.
citation: Houston S and McGill A. (2011) English National Ballet dance for Parkinson's: An investigative study. Report retrieved from: http://www. ballet. org. uk/media/filer_public/2015/08/20/english_ national _ballet_dance_ for_parkinsons_an_investigative_study. pdf on 6: 2016