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Influencing Adolescent Girls´ With Creative Dance Twice Weekly

NCT01523561 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2015-07-15

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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

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

dance group

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Örebro County Council

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Margareta HL Moller, professor · Örebro County Council

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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