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The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland

This multicenter research investigates the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) on participants diagnosed with depression. In total, 109 persons participated in the study in various locations in Finland. The participants were 39 years old, on average (range = 18–64 years), and most were female (9...

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Autores principales: Hyvönen, Katriina, Pylvänäinen, Päivi, Muotka, Joona, Lappalainen, Raimo
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32903394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687
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author Hyvönen, Katriina
Pylvänäinen, Päivi
Muotka, Joona
Lappalainen, Raimo
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Pylvänäinen, Päivi
Muotka, Joona
Lappalainen, Raimo
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description This multicenter research investigates the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) on participants diagnosed with depression. In total, 109 persons participated in the study in various locations in Finland. The participants were 39 years old, on average (range = 18–64 years), and most were female (96%). All participants received treatment as usual (TAU). They were randomized into DMT + TAU (n = 52) or TAU only (n = 57). The participants in the DMT + TAU group were offered 20 DMT sessions twice a week for 10 weeks in addition to standard care. The measurement points included pretreatment measurement at the baseline, posttreatment measurement at the end of the intervention, and a follow-up measurement 3 months afterward. The observed effects of the intervention among participants in the DMT+TAU group were a greater reduction in depression and in indicators of physical and psychological distress in comparison to the participants who received TAU-only. At the 3-month follow-up, the corrected between-group effect sizes (ESs) were medium and in favor of the DMT + TAU group (d = 0.60–0.72). These results are in line with the increasing number of research studies showing the benefits of DMT intervention among participants with depression, and these results indicate that DMT may improve the effectiveness of standard care. Clinical Trial Registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT04421651.
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spelling pubmed-74349722020-09-03 The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland Hyvönen, Katriina Pylvänäinen, Päivi Muotka, Joona Lappalainen, Raimo Front Psychol Psychology This multicenter research investigates the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) on participants diagnosed with depression. In total, 109 persons participated in the study in various locations in Finland. The participants were 39 years old, on average (range = 18–64 years), and most were female (96%). All participants received treatment as usual (TAU). They were randomized into DMT + TAU (n = 52) or TAU only (n = 57). The participants in the DMT + TAU group were offered 20 DMT sessions twice a week for 10 weeks in addition to standard care. The measurement points included pretreatment measurement at the baseline, posttreatment measurement at the end of the intervention, and a follow-up measurement 3 months afterward. The observed effects of the intervention among participants in the DMT+TAU group were a greater reduction in depression and in indicators of physical and psychological distress in comparison to the participants who received TAU-only. At the 3-month follow-up, the corrected between-group effect sizes (ESs) were medium and in favor of the DMT + TAU group (d = 0.60–0.72). These results are in line with the increasing number of research studies showing the benefits of DMT intervention among participants with depression, and these results indicate that DMT may improve the effectiveness of standard care. Clinical Trial Registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT04421651. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7434972/ /pubmed/32903394 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687 Text en Copyright © 2020 Hyvönen, Pylvänäinen, Muotka and Lappalainen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Hyvönen, Katriina
Pylvänäinen, Päivi
Muotka, Joona
Lappalainen, Raimo
The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
title The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
title_full The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
title_fullStr The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
title_short The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland
title_sort effects of dance movement therapy in the treatment of depression: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial in finland
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32903394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687
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