School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
Department of Theatre Arts, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
Health Promot Int. 2022 Dec 1;37(6). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daac172.
The objective of this study was to ascertain the impact of social media-based dance therapy in reducing symptoms of depression among evacuees of the Russia-Ukraine war. The participants were randomly assigned to no dance therapy (n = 162) and social media-based dance therapy groups (n = 162). The dance therapy group took part in 12 sessions of dance therapy while the no dance therapy group did not receive any intervention. The result showed that before the dance therapy intervention, participants in both groups reported severe depression symptoms. After the intervention, participants in the dance therapy group dropped from severe depression to normal depression while those in the no dance therapy group dropped to major depression. During the follow-up assessment after 3 months, participants in the no dance therapy group reported moderate depression while those in the dance therapy group still maintained their normal depression classification with a drop in their depression score from 46 to 26. Overall, the result showed that there was a significant main effect of time and the depression score of the participants, F(1,304) 203.143, p = 0.001, eta = 0.401. No interactive effect of gender and the impact of the treatment on reduction in depression symptoms was detected, F(1,304) 3.232, p = 0.073. However, there was a significant main effect of treatment condition on depression symptoms, F(1,304) 495.023, p = 0.001. We highlighted the implication of these results on health promotion.
本研究旨在确定基于社交媒体的舞蹈治疗对减轻俄乌战争难民的抑郁症状的影响。参与者被随机分配到无舞蹈治疗组（n=162）和基于社交媒体的舞蹈治疗组（n=162）。舞蹈治疗组参加了 12 次舞蹈治疗，而无舞蹈治疗组未接受任何干预。结果显示，在舞蹈治疗干预之前，两组参与者均报告严重的抑郁症状。干预后，舞蹈治疗组参与者从严重抑郁降至正常抑郁，而无舞蹈治疗组参与者降至重度抑郁。在 3 个月后的随访评估中，无舞蹈治疗组参与者报告中度抑郁，而舞蹈治疗组参与者的抑郁评分仍维持在正常抑郁分类，从 46 降至 26。总体而言，结果显示时间和参与者的抑郁评分存在显著的主效应，F（1，304）=203.143，p=0.001，eta=0.401。未检测到性别和治疗对减轻抑郁症状的影响的交互作用，F（1，304）=3.232，p=0.073。然而，治疗条件对抑郁症状存在显著的主效应，F（1，304）=495.023，p=0.001。我们强调了这些结果对健康促进的意义。
