Mental Health in Dancers; an Intervention Study

NCT04085861 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 19/00770
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 190
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

International studies reveal high prevalence of eating disorders (ED) and mental health issues amongst professional dancers, and the Norwegian National Ballet's house previously (2005) reported a lifetime prevalence of ED by 50% amongst female ballet dancers. Mental health issues and ED have been acknowledged for several years in most sports; still the same do not apply to dance sports. The objective of this study is to improve the knowledge on prevalence of mental health issues in professional dancers and the corresponding awareness of such among dance teachers. Additional objectives are to evaluate the effect of an intervention aimed to improve knowledge on nutrition, recovery strategies and mental health literacy among professional dancers and their teachers.

Conditions

Mental Health Impairment; Mental Health; Eating Disorders; Perfectionism; Depression, Anxiety; Coping Behavior; Self Esteem; Body Image; Body Weight

Keywords

Mental health; Eating disorders; Perfectionism; Body image; Body dissatisfaction; Body appreciation; Depression; Energy availability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in symptoms of eating disorders

  Eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-q) by Prof. Fairburn validly assesses the frequency and severity of ED features to produce ED diagnoses according to the DSM-5. It constitutes 22 items scored on a Likert scale from 0-6 and 6 items in which a number of frequency is given for a given eating behavior. The questionnaire is averaged with a global scale and 4 subscales, in which a higher value indicates higher clinical severity. The global score cut-off score indicating probability of an eating disorder in the Norwegian female population is 2.5.

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Change in perfectionism

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

• Change in resilience

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

• Change in self esteem

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

• Change in body appreciation

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

• Change in energy availability

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

Other Outcomes (2)

• Change in demographic information

  Pre-intervention, post-intervention (4-months), and follow up (6-months post-intervention)

• Personal experiences

  Pre- and post-intervention (4-months)

Study Arms (3)

Dancers

EXPERIMENTAL

Recruited group of professional dancers from the Norwegian University of dance

Behavioral: Mental health literacy in dancers

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Recruited group of professional art students from the Oslo Academy of the Arts (Norway)

Dance teachers

EXPERIMENTAL

Recruited group of dance teachers from the Norwegian University of dance

Behavioral: Mental health literacy in dance teachers

Interventions

Mental health literacy in dancers BEHAVIORAL

Receive a designed informative intervention (3 workshops of 90min each) aimed at improving their knowledge and skills on proper recovery, performance nutrition, and mental health literacy.

Dancers

Mental health literacy in dance teachers BEHAVIORAL

Receive a designed informative intervention (3 workshops of 60min each) aimed at improving their knowledge and skills on how to identify and deal with mental health- and nutritional issues in dancers.

Dance teachers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• professional dancers at the Norwegian University of dance
• dance teacher at the Norwegian University of dance
• art student at the Oslo National Acadmey of the Arts

You may not qualify if:

• Not student or dance teacher at the Norwegian University of dance, or student at the Oslo National Acadmey of the Arts

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian School of Sport Sciences: lead
• Norwegian association for youth mental health: collaborator
• Østfold University College: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Norwegian School of Sports Sciences

Oslo, 0806, Norway

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Depression; Anxiety Disorders; Body Weight

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior; Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders; Behavioral Symptoms

Study Officials

• Beate Anstensrud, MSc

  Norwegian association for youth mental health

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: By using id-numbers for each respondent in this trial, the outcome assessor will not be able to identify the group of responders.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Professional dancers at the Norwegian University of Dance (NDH) (n=200) and a group of control persons (Oslo National Academy of the Arts) (n=100) are asked to take part in this study. NDH students receive an intervention after pre-tests and are re-evaluated post-intervention and 6 months post-intervention. The art students responds to similar questionnaires at the three evaluation times. Additionally, the dance teachers (n=50) are evaluated pre, post and 6-months post-intervention, receiving a specific intervention designed for teachers on mental health literacy and which actions to take if findings dancers with mental health issues.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 6, 2019
• First Posted: September 11, 2019
• Study Start: September 5, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2020
• Study Completion: January 31, 2021
• Last Updated: March 3, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)