Aithal Supritha, Moula Zoe, Karkou Vicky, Karaminis Themis, Powell Joanne, Makris Stergios
Research Center for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom.
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 8;12:719673. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.719673. eCollection 2021.
The present review provides an original examination of published literature on the use of Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) as an intervention for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The review was systematically conducted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. A protocol consisting of four phases: identification; screening and selection; data extraction and synthesis; quality assurance was developed and registered with the PROSPERO. A search strategy was developed using population and intervention as the key concepts and ten databases were searched between 6.1.2018 to 4.4.2018 and 10.07.2021 to 20.07.2021. The intervention characteristics were extracted based on the TIDieR template for intervention description and replication checklist. Quality assessment and level of evidence of all the included studies were evaluated using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) and the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) for treatment criteria. Nine research studies with a total of 133 participants were identified through a systematic search process. There was only one mixed-methods study with the component of randomisation found during the literature search. Collected information was synthesised in relation to (a) ways in which dance movement psychotherapists work with children; (b) data collection methods and findings. Results from the reviewed literature suggest that DMP can potentially promote various aspects of well-being in children with ASD. Eight out of nine studies mentioned the effects of DMP on improving different social and communication skills. However, results from quality assessments and synthesised outcomes indicate that research in DMP is still in its infancy. We conclude that further large-scale, high-quality studies are required to generate further evidence that explains the processes involved in DMP, the effectiveness of DMP, the relationship between therapeutic factors of DMP, and research findings for children on the autism spectrum. PROSPERO, identifier: CRD42018087912.
本综述对已发表的关于运用舞蹈动作心理治疗（DMP）干预自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的文献进行了原创性审视。该综述依据系统评价与荟萃分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）指南系统开展。制定了一个包含四个阶段的方案：识别；筛选与选择；数据提取与综合；质量保证，并在国际前瞻性系统评价注册库（PROSPERO）进行了注册。以人群和干预作为关键概念制定了检索策略，在2018年1月6日至2018年4月4日以及2021年7月10日至2021年7月20日期间检索了十个数据库。基于干预描述与复制清单的TIDieR模板提取干预特征。使用混合方法评估工具（MMAT）和循证医学中心（CEBM）的治疗标准对所有纳入研究的质量评估和证据水平进行评估。通过系统检索过程确定了九项研究，共133名参与者。在文献检索过程中仅发现一项包含随机化成分的混合方法研究。收集的信息围绕以下方面进行综合：（a）舞蹈动作心理治疗师与儿童合作的方式；（b）数据收集方法及结果。综述文献的结果表明，DMP可能促进ASD儿童多方面的幸福感。九项研究中有八项提到了DMP对改善不同社交和沟通技能的作用。然而，质量评估和综合结果表明，DMP的研究仍处于起步阶段。我们得出结论，需要进一步开展大规模、高质量的研究，以产生更多证据来解释DMP所涉及的过程、DMP的有效性、DMP治疗因素之间的关系以及针对自闭症谱系儿童的研究结果。国际前瞻性系统评价注册库（PROSPERO），标识符：CRD42018087912。
