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The effects of dance movement therapy in the treatment of depression : a multicenter, randomized controlled trial in Finland

Year of publication

2020

Authors

Hyvönen, Katriina; Pylvänäinen, Päivi; Muotka, Joona; Lappalainen, Raimo

Abstract

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.
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Organizations and authors

University of Jyväskylä

Muotka Joona Orcid -palvelun logo

Hyvönen Katriina

Pylvänäinen Päivi Maria

Lappalainen Raimo

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Journal

Article type

Original article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A1 Journal article (refereed), original research

Publication channel information

Volume

11

Article number

1687

​Publication forum

70493

​Publication forum level

1

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Yes

Open access of publication channel

Fully open publication channel

Self-archived

Yes

Article processing fee (EUR)

2468

Year of payment for the open publication fee

2020

Other information

Fields of science

Psychology

Keywords

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Publication country

Switzerland

Internationality of the publisher

International

Language

English

International co-publication

No

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01687

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes