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

NCT04421651 · University of Jyvaskyla

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Status

Not accepting participants

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Phase

109

Target enrolment

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Study sites

What it is testing

Summary

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.

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

Change from baseline depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory; BDI) at 10-week post-treatment measurement
Measured over 10 weeks
Change from post-treatment depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory; BDI) at three-month follow-up measurement
Measured over 3 months

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Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

18 Years to 65 Years

Ages

All

Sex

Not accepted

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: * The participant needed to have a diagnoses of depression by a psychiatrist or general practitioner (ICD -diagnostic system). The researchers checked that the participants were working age (18-65 years of age) and fulfilled the criteria for rehabilitative psychotherapy in Finland: at least three months of relevant treatment since depression was diagnosed; the participants' ability to work or study is impaired by depression; a psychiatrist has determined that rehabilitative psychotherapy is necessary to improve or support the participant's ability to work or study. Exclusion Criteria: * active suicidal ideation; psychotic symptoms; substance misuse that is on a critical level. Also, interviewees who had pain-related problems that restricted daily life or were pregnant were not admitted to the study.

On the registry

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NCT04421651 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2020-06-09. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

Where this trial sits

Substance

Indication

Depression120