Influencing Adolescent Girls´ With Creative Dance Twice Weekly

NCT01523561 | Completed Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: MMO027
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate if creative dance twice weekly can influence girls wellbeing. The focus lies on girls 13-18 years old that suffer from repeatedly psychosomatic problems and/or stress. Specific objectives are

• To assess the effect of the dance intervention in reducing psychosomatic problems (such as pain in the head, neck, shoulder or stomach), stress and depression
• Determine which factors are important for continuing dancing and keeping up new habits
• A cost-effectiveness analyse of the health outcome. Geographical area: Örebro County (population 276,000)

Conditions

Adolescent - Emotional Problem

Keywords

dance; intervention; adolescent; girls

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Self reported health

  the single-item question "How do you rate your general health?" is frequently used in national and international surveys. The response alternatives is 1. Very poor, 2. Poor, 3. Neither good nor poor, 4. Good, 5. Very good. Measuring general health with a five-degree scale has been agreed upon in the EU.

  change from baseline to follow up at 20 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• adherence to and experience of the intervention

  change baseline to follow up at 20 months

Study Arms (2)

usual care

NO INTERVENTION

The participants in the no intervention group were informed that they should continue living as usual

dance intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The dance intervention took place twice weekly for a period of 1 year under the guidance of two dance class teachers. The duration of the class was 75 min. and the dance training was always carried out to popular music. The dance choreography was adjusted to the level of the participants' skills in order to make them feel successful in their exercise. During the intervention year, the theme of dance styles varied from hip hop, jazz and contemporary dance. African dance was used in the warm up section. The dance class always ended with a relaxation. The dance intervention had a focus on emphasizing the participants' resources and creates a feeling of affinity. Listening to signals from the body, reducing focus on the performance and "become part of the movement" was encouraged.

Behavioral: dance group

Interventions

dance group BEHAVIORAL

The dance intervention took place twice weekly for a period of 1 year under the guidance of two dance class teachers. The duration of the class was 75 min. and the dance training was always carried out to popular music. The dance choreography was adjusted to the level of the participants' skills in order to make them feel successful in their exercise. During the intervention year, the theme of dance styles varied from hip hop, jazz and contemporary dance. African dance was used in the warm up section. The dance class always ended with a relaxation. The dance intervention had a focus on emphasizing the participants' resources and creates a feeling of affinity. Listening to signals from the body, reducing focus on the performance and "become part of the movement" was encouraged.

dance intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The study population comprised adolescent girls with internalizing problems who had recurrent visits to the school nurse due to psychosomatic symptoms such as:
• pain in the head, stomach, neck, back and/or shoulder.
• persistent feelings of tiredness
• being worried

You may not qualify if:

• severe hearing impairment
• intellectual disability
• difficulties with the Swedish language or
• if the CAP had advised against participation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Örebro County Council: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre for health care Sciences

Örebro, Närke, 701 13, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Philipsson A, Duberg A, Moller M, Hagberg L. Cost-utility analysis of a dance intervention for adolescent girls with internalizing problems. Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2013 Feb 20;11(1):4. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-11-4.

  PMID: 23425608 DERIVED

Related Links

• The centers goal is to heighten the scientific competence within the Örebro county through stimulation, initiation and support for research and developement projects.

Study Officials

• Margareta HL Moller, professor

  Örebro County Council

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 18, 2012
• First Posted: February 1, 2012
• Study Start: October 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2012
• Study Completion: January 1, 2013
• Last Updated: July 15, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-07

Locations

SE (1)