Dance and Movement Therapy in Patients With Schizophrenia

NCT ID: NCT05500651

Last Updated: 2023-05-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-02-15

Brief Summary

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that starts at a young age and progresses with positive (hallucination, delusion) and negative (decreased emotional participation, reluctance) symptoms. While drug therapy in schizophrenia targets positive symptoms; psychotherapies are needed in the treatment of negative symptoms. It is seen that especially art therapies such as occupational and music support recovery and rehabilitation. In addition, it is stated that dance and movement therapy is effective in ensuring social participation of patients. There are a limited number of studies demonstrating the effect of dance and movement therapy on schizophrenia patients.

Aim: This project was planned to examine the effects of dance and movement therapy techniques to be applied to patients with schizophrenia on patients' negative symptoms and disability.

Method: In this project, which was planned in a repetitive measure design with a pretest-posttest control group, dance and movement therapy techniques, consisting of 12 sessions in total, will be applied to schizophrenic patients in a Community Mental Health Center once a week. Negative symptoms and disability levels will be determined before, after and a month after the application. The findings obtained as a result of these three follow-ups will be evaluated.

Project Outputs: Reduction of negative symptoms and disability will enable schizophrenic patients to become individuals who can express themselves better in their family and society and have an increased quality of life. It is thought that these gains will increase patients' compliance with treatment, prevent recurrent symptoms and reduce hospitalizations. The results will also constitute a scientific source for the studies to be carried out in the field.

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia; Disabilities Mental; Dance Therapy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental group

Dance and movement therapy is planned to be applied once a week as a total of 12 sessions of 60 minutes. First session; meeting, warming up, determining the group rules, explaining the principles, determining the expectations activities. Subsequent sessions; The greeting is completed with warm-up, initiation, continuation and closing activities. During the warm-up phase, the whole group comes together to form a circle, generally standing, in order to ensure the group dynamic. It starts with simple warm-up exercises such as breathing and muscle relaxation and continues with body awareness exercises. In the continuation (development of themes) stage, practices are included according to the characteristics and needs of the group.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dance and Movement Therapy (DMT)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dance and movement therapy is planned to be applied once a week as a total of 12 sessions of 60 minutes. First session; meeting, warming up, determining the group rules, explaining the principles, determining the expectations activities. Subsequent sessions; The greeting is completed with warm-up, initiation, continuation and closing activities. During the warm-up phase, the whole group comes together to form a circle, generally standing, in order to ensure the group dynamic. It starts with simple warm-up exercises such as breathing and muscle relaxation and continues with body awareness exercises. In the continuation (development of themes) stage, practices are included according to the characteristics and needs of the group.

Control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Dance and Movement Therapy (DMT)

Dance and movement therapy is planned to be applied once a week as a total of 12 sessions of 60 minutes. First session; meeting, warming up, determining the group rules, explaining the principles, determining the expectations activities. Subsequent sessions; The greeting is completed with warm-up, initiation, continuation and closing activities. During the warm-up phase, the whole group comes together to form a circle, generally standing, in order to ensure the group dynamic. It starts with simple warm-up exercises such as breathing and muscle relaxation and continues with body awareness exercises. In the continuation (development of themes) stage, practices are included according to the characteristics and needs of the group.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• have been diagnosed with schizophrenia for at least two years
• not have been hospitalized in the past 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

• have a therapy/psychoeducation program that they attend regularly
• have a known physical or neurological disease
• having just started the Community Mental Health Center

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Amasya University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gonca Ustun

Assist. Prof.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Amasya Üniversitesi Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin Eğitim Ve Araştirma Hastanesi

Amasya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

AmasyaU8

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id