NCT04421651

Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depressed Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Completed NA Last updated 9 June 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Dance Movement Therapy group in Depression in 109 participants. Completed in 31 December 2019.

Timeline

1 January 2017

Primary endpoint
1 October 2018

31 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Jyvaskyla
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	109
Start date	1 January 2017
Primary completion	1 October 2018
Estimated completion	31 December 2019

Drugs / interventions tested

• Dance Movement Therapy group

Conditions studied

• Depression — all drugs for Depression →

Sponsor

University of Jyvaskyla

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Depression. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This multi-centre 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. All participants received treatment as usual (TAU). They were randomised 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 pre-treatment measurement at the baseline and post-treatment measurement at the end of the intervention, which was 10 weeks after the pre-treatment measurement. The follow-up measurement was 3 months after the post-treatment measurement. The effects of the intervention were assessed with a clinical measure of depression (BDI-I) and with indicators of physical and psychological distress (CORE-OM and SCL-90). The participants in the treatment group (DMT+TAU) were compared to the participants in the control group who received TAU-only.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The Effects of Dance Movement Therapy in the Treatment of Depression: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland.
   Hyvönen K, Pylvänäinen P, Muotka J, Lappalainen R. · · 2020 · cited 16× · PMID 32903394 · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687