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Dance-movement Therapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Depression

No phase Interventional Depression

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Dance movement therapy.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Depression. Basic parameters: 13 years — 17 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Finland
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Official title

Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial of Dance-movement Therapy for Adolescents With Depression

Overview

The aim of this research is to measure the effectiveness of Dance movement therapy in the treatment of adolescent depression.

Detailed description

Research will start by recruitment of 140 patients (aged 13-17 years) from youth psychiatric outpatient clinic in Helsinki University Central hospital. They will be randomized to two groups. The intervention group will attend Dance movement therapy (DMT) for 12 weeks and the control group is getting treatment as usual (TAU). The outcome will be measured with self-report questionnaires and interviews measuring symptoms of depression and body image. Outcome measurements will be done before intervention, after intervention and 3 months after intervention has finished. The research will start in September 2022 and continue until the end of 2027. The results will be published in medical scientific journals during the year 2027

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Interventions

  • Other Dance movement therapy
    A group therapy model for treatment of depression by dance movement therapist. Study consist of 12 therapy sessions, each session lasting 1hour 15minutes. There will be 6 patients in each group.

Primary outcome measures

  • Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21) [Time frame: baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months]
  • Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-Core) [Time frame: baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
  • Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS) [Time frame: baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months]
  • Body Image assessment [Time frame: baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of medium or severe depression; BDI 16 points or more. At least 4/9 symptoms of depression in K-SADS-PL interview

Exclusion criteria

  • Acute psychosis, psychotic depression, personality disorder, severe anorexia, substance misuse that is on a critical level

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

Finland · 2 centers
  • Helsinki University Hospital — Helsinki
  • Adolecent mental health services, Helsinki — Helsinki

Publications

  • Hyvonen K, Pylvanainen P, Muotka J, Lappalainen R. The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland. Front Psychol. 2020 Aug 12;11:1687. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687. eCollection 2020. PMID 32903394
  • Cooney GM, Dwan K, Greig CA, Lawlor DA, Rimer J, Waugh FR, McMurdo M, Mead GE. Exercise for depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 12;2013(9):CD004366. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004366.pub6. PMID 24026850
  • BECK AT, WARD CH, MENDELSON M, MOCK J, ERBAUGH J. An inventory for measuring depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1961 Jun;4:561-71. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1961.01710120031004. No abstract available. PMID 13688369
  • Jeong YJ, Hong SC, Lee MS, Park MC, Kim YK, Suh CM. Dance movement therapy improves emotional responses and modulates neurohormones in adolescents with mild depression. Int J Neurosci. 2005 Dec;115(12):1711-20. doi: 10.1080/00207450590958574. PMID 16287635
  • Karkou V, Aithal S, Zubala A, Meekums B. Effectiveness of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Adults With Depression: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses. Front Psychol. 2019 May 3;10:936. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00936. eCollection 2019. PMID 31130889
  • Kaufman J, Birmaher B, Brent D, Rao U, Flynn C, Moreci P, Williamson D, Ryan N. Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): initial reliability and validity data. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Jul;36(7):980-8. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199707000-00021. PMID 9204677
  • Koch SC, Riege RFF, Tisborn K, Biondo J, Martin L, Beelmann A. Effects of Dance Movement Therapy and Dance on Health-Related Psychological Outcomes. A Meta-Analysis Update. Front Psychol. 2019 Aug 20;10:1806. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01806. eCollection 2019. PMID 31481910
  • Millman LSM, Terhune DB, Hunter ECM, Orgs G. Towards a neurocognitive approach to dance movement therapy for mental health: A systematic review. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2021 Jan;28(1):24-38. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2490. Epub 2020 Jul 8. PMID 32539160

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07293806 · HUS/391/2021

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗