Mind-Body Conditioning Course for University Dance Students

NCT06925503 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024B0224
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is an eight-week evidenced based program designed specifically to help participants learn practical stress reduction, burnout and resiliency building techniques. Content includes didactic instruction, community-building group discussion, mindfulness practices, and gentle yoga. Weekly themes include Willingness to Daily Practice, Mindful Sleep, Vision of Self, Supported by the Breath, Mindful Eating and Yoga, Movement Through Balance, Awareness of Sensation, Clarity and Release, and Staying Grounded and Moving Forward. An Ohio State University endorsed, ADA compliant companion smartphone app reinforces weekly content and offers a variety of individual mind-body and mediations practices. The evidence-based MIM content has been tailored to meet the physical, mental, and emotional needs of student Dance majors at The Ohio State University and integrated into the Dance 2802 course content as Mind-Body Conditioning for second year students. Over the course of the second year student's fall semester, this study will evaluate the effectiveness of this integrated course content on students' perceived stress, burnout, resilience, musculoskeletal injury and discomfort, and weekly respiratory rates. After the semester long course is completed, the students will also assess how well the Mind-Body Conditioning course content was integrated into the required first year seminar for University Dance majors.

Conditions

Perceived Stress; Student Burnout; Resilience; Musculoskeletal Injury; Musculoskeletal Abnormalities

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Perceived Stress

  Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). A 10-item self-report measure of perceived stress. It is a measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful over the past month. The 4-point Likert Scale includes responses of 0 (never), 1 (almost never), 2 (sometimes), 3 (fairly often), and 4 (very often). Individual scores on the PSS can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress.

  Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention

• Maslach Burnout Inventory-Students - MBI-GS (S)

  The MBI-GS (S) is a self-report assessment of perceptions of burnout specific to University students. The 16-items describe students' feelings related to their experiences in the academic setting and encompasses how they view their studies and reactions to their academic work. Three sub scales measure exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy. The Likert Scale responses include 0 (never), 1 (a few times a year or less), 2 (once a month or less), 3 (a few times a month), 4 (once a week), 5 (a few times a week), and 6 (every day). The sub scale score for exhaustion can range from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating higher levels of exhaustion. The sub scale score for cynicism can range from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating higher levels of cynicism. The sub scale score for professional efficacy can range from 0 to 36 with higher scores indicating increased professional efficacy.

  Baseline and on the completion of the 8-week intervention

• Resilience

  The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 (CD-RISC-10) is a 10 item self-report assessment of a person's ability to bounce back after adversity. A 5-point Likert Scale for each statement ranges from 0 (not true at all), 1 (rarely true), 2 (sometimes true), 3 (often true), 4 (true nearly all of the time). A respondent's total score can range from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating higher resilience.

  Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention

• Respiratory Rate

  A self-measured count of inhalations (respiratory rate) taken over a 30-second time period. The participant will place their right hand over their left chest and count inhalations for a 30-second time period before and after they participate in the Mind-Body Conditioning course at each 8-week session.

  The 30-second count of inhalations will be completed by the participant before and after participating in each weekly Mind-Body Conditioning course session over eight weeks.

• Modified Nordic Questionnaire

  The Modified Nordic Questionnaire (mNMQ) is a 14-item scale measuring musculoskeletal discomfort and injury. Question 1 asks the participant to state if they have experienced pain, discomfort, burning, numbness, tingling or other trouble over the past 30 days in their neck, shoulder, elbow/forearm, wrist/hand, upper and lower back, and legs/feet. Questions 2 - 10 asks about the intensity and length of the the pain, discomfort, etc, in any of the body areas noted in Question 1, as well as if the issues have caused issues with normal activities, to see a health care provider, lost time from work/school. Question 11 requests information related to any musculoskeletal or traumatic injuries diagnosed by a health care provider. Questions 12 and 13 request information on headaches experienced by participants and question 14 asks about other health issues including arthritis, thyroid problems, diabetes, lupus, and other autoimmune disorders.

  Baseline and on completion of the 8-week intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of Intervention Measure

  Participants will complete after the completion of the 8-week intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Second Year Dance majors

EXPERIMENTAL

Second year Dance majors at The Ohio State University who are enrolled in the required Dance 2802 Seminar/Mind-Body Conditioning course

Behavioral: Mind-Body Conditioning Course

Third Year Dance majors

NO INTERVENTION

The Third Year Dance majors completed Dance 2802 the previous year and did not receive the Mind-Body Conditioning course

Interventions

Mind-Body Conditioning Course BEHAVIORAL

Evidence-based mindfulness intervention curated to the physical and emotional needs of University Dance students

Second Year Dance majors

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older
• Ability to understand and read English
• Second year OSU Dance majors enrolled in Dance 2802 for Fall 2025 semester
• Third year OSU Dance majors who completed Dance 2802 during the 2024-2025 academic year.
• Access to personal smartphone, either iOS or Android, with sufficient memory to install the Mindfulness in Motion smartphone app, and WiFi (OSU eduroam while in class or on campus and LTE or personal WiFi off campus)

You may not qualify if:

• OSU student with a minor in Dance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ohio State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological; Musculoskeletal Abnormalities

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Director of Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2025
• First Posted: April 13, 2025
• Study Start: September 10, 2025
• Primary Completion: December 19, 2025
• Study Completion: May 1, 2026
• Last Updated: January 2, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: 7-30-26 to indefinitely
• Access Criteria: De-identified and curated demographic, statistical data, study overview, study consent will be accessible to academic researchers and educators through a data accessibility link once the data to a repository is finalized.

Locations

US (1)