Classical Ballet Dance as a Recreational Activity for Adults Women

Mental Health Status of Women Who Attending Classical Ballet Dance

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Occupational Therapy

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).

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 128

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey, 34674
    • Zeynep Bahadır Ağce

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 55 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Ballet Groups; It was invited the individuals, who were ongoing for at least 3 months in classical ballet dance activity in the dance studio, between December 2019 and March 2020.
Control Groups; It was invited the individuals, who have just registered for classical ballet dance activity.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The World Health Organisation's Five Well-Being Index	The World Health Organisation's Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5), which is developed by Bench et al., is a valid instrument for the psychometric evaluation of emotional well-being, and quality of life for the previous two weeks (Bech et al., 1996). This measure consists of 5-items, which respondents rated on a scale of "0- never" to "5- all the time". The WHO-5 low score "0" representing the worst possible well-being and "100" the best. The score of lower than 13 could be regarded as indicates poor quality of life.	5 minutes. Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Distress Tolerance Scale	The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) is a 15- item, self-report used to assess psychological distress, which is developed by Simons and Gaher (Simons and Gaher, 2005).DTS was used as a function of the time period during which these data were collected. While the original scale has 4 factors Turkish version has 3 factors across Tolerance, Regulation, Self-Efficacy. 5-point Likert-type scale score changes between 1 strongly agree and 5 strongly disagree. The higher scores indicating higher psychological distress tolerance.	7 minutes.Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale	The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), which is developed by Zigmond et. all is a self-assessment tool for to use of detecting depression and anxiety (Zigmond and Snaith, 1983). HADS investigates how people have felt in the past week. It has included 14- items, which rated on a four-point scale and scored from 0-3, and two subscales, as anxiety (7 items) and depression (7 items), each part scores ranged from 0 to 21. Scores between 0 and 7 indicate normal emotional stated, and higher than 7 on the subscales of the HADS indicated anxiety and depressive disorder.	10 minutes. Each participant who meets the inclusion criteria was asked to fill out the form only once in beginning of the study.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Uskudar University
• Investigators: Study Director: ZEYNEP BAHADIR AGCE, PHD, occupational therapy

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• da Costa ALB. (2012) Circle dance, occupational therapy and wellbeing: the need for research. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 75: 114-116.
• 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

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): March 5, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 26, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 1, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 28, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: mental health; occupational therapy; adults; Dancing
• Other Study ID Numbers: 61351342/2020-135

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No